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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Alejandra Martinez

They drove to the Capitol to testify on a bill and got a grueling lesson in Texas democracy

Dana Ames speaks with Karen Coleman, right, awaiting a hearing on PFAs at the State Capitol on May 8, 2024.
Johnson County resident Karen Coleman, right, chats with Dana Ames, the county’s environmental crime investigator, and fellow farmer John Farmer in the Capitol cafeteria while waiting to testify at a hearing on PFAS chemicals on May 8, 2024. (Credit: Leila Saidane for The Texas Tribune)

By the time the committee hearing began, Tony and Karen Coleman, two farmers from Johnson County, had been awake nearly 24 hours.

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