A member of the is calling on his fellow lawmakers to look for ways to pay for the Public Integrity Unit of the .
Governor Rick Perry used a to cut off the Unit鈥檚 state funding, citing D.A. Rosemary .
State Representative (D-Houston) says he鈥檚 concerned that cases pending at the Public Integrity Unit, which looks into allegations of corruption in state government, won鈥檛 be investigated.
鈥淪ince the governor has vetoed the funding for this law enforcement agency, which is currently handling 400 pending cases," Rep. Turner said, "what is the next course of action to make sure these criminal cases have the funding?鈥�
House Speaker Joe Straus indicates that his office will look into the matter, but it鈥檚 not clear what can be done during a special session with an issue that鈥檚 not on the Governor鈥檚 agenda.
