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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Sameea Kamal

A 20-hour wait to speak: A pre-dawn House panel takes up Ten Commandments bill

Dan Patrick James Talarico Texas Tribune
The Ten Commandments, written out on a monument, sit outside the Texas Capitol on March 17, 2025.
In order to testify for or against a bill requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms, members of the public waited nearly a full day for a House committee to take up the issue. (Credit: Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune)

At 2 a.m., they napped on benches in the Capitol corridors, blankets in tow and armed with snacks in anticipation of the long wait. At 5 a.m. they ordered coffee and hot chocolate — to stay awake, and to stay warm in the frigid hearing room.

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