By Ray Gomez
Pro8 News
Raymond worked on a recently passed bill that will attract 900 new doctors to Texas over the next four years through a physician loan repayment program.
AUSTIN, May 26 – Holding up framed poll tax receipts he said his father had to pay for to cast a vote, state Rep. Richard Peña Raymond on Tuesday told House members he would continue to fight the controversial voter ID bill for the fifth consecutive day.
The Laredo Democrat delivered a personal privilege address to House members and delivered an emotional account of traveling to Memphis, Tenn. as a child to see the hotel room where Martin Luther King Jr. spent his final night. Dr. King, said Raymond, was his ultimate inspiration.