By being selected as Chair, House Committee on Transportation, Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, on Thursday, February 4, 2021, made history again by becoming the first Hispanic state lawmaker to lead that influential group of 12 fellow state representatives. His reappointment by Texas Speaker of the House Dade Phelan, R-Orange, also demonstrates Canales’ ability to work with the state’s Democratic and Republican leadership at the highest level of state government. In a related action that also benefits the Rio Grande Valley, Rep. Armando “Mando” Martínez, D-Weslaco, also is serving as a member of the House Committee on Transportation. “One of the most important facts ...