The following can be attributed to Tony Bennett, president & CEO of the Texas Association of Manufacturers:

The Senate’s unanimous passage of SB 2206 to extend the state’s research and development (R&D) tax credit sends a strong signal that Texas is serious about leading the world in advanced technology and innovation. For many industries like manufacturing, high-tech, energy, and biotechnology, the R&D process represents the critical ‘first phase’ where questions, ideas, and problems are fleshed out in labs, the field, or production facilities to become the products and solutions that change, improve, and save lives. Encouraging this groundbreaking work through smart tax policy keeps Texas at the forefront of innovation, investment, and progress. The Texas Association of Manufacturers and our colleagues across the innovation economy thank Senator Paul Bettencourt for his leadership and understanding of what it takes to keep Texas on top in the global marketplace.

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The Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM) actively represents more than 500 large and small companies from every manufacturing sector. Texas manufacturers employ more than 847,000 Texans in jobs that pay an average compensation of over $123,000 annually – roughly 36 percent higher than other non-farm Texas workers. Manufacturing accounts for 11.3 percent of the total output in the state, contributing more than $292 billion in 2023. On average, each manufacturing job created provides 5 additional jobs in our communities. Texas remains the number one exporting state for manufactured goods in the United States, now for more than 20 years running.

Media contact: Gretchen Fox, 512-694-4326

By Karoline Leonard, Austin American-Statesman

There are a lot of factors driving Texas’ booming technology and innovation sectors.

Praised for being one of the most “business-friendly” states in the nation, companies ranging from Fortune 500 powerhouses to smaller startups and ventures choose the Lone Star State for new factories, data centers, manufacturing facilities, satellite offices and headquarters.

But one area that Texas lags in is investment in research and development. As of 2022, Texas contributed only 4.3% of U.S. business-funded R&D. In contrast, California contributes 36.2% to the nation’s total business-funded R&D. Texas ranks 33rd nationally in R&D investment as a percentage of gross state product.

One research and development incentive is the state’s tax credit, but that program could go away as soon as December 2026.

Created in 2014 through House Bill 800, Texas’ R&D tax credit encourages economic development by offering qualifying entities either a sales tax exemption on personal property used in research or a franchise tax credit based on research expenses. According to the Texas Comptroller’s Office, approximately $2.8 billion in tax credits have been claimed since its inception. In fiscal 2024 alone, $412.7 million was claimed.

The program is set to expire Dec. 31, 2026, but on Wednesday, the Senate Finance Committee advanced a bill out of committee (13 ayes, no nays) that would extend the program, and the same major players from the 2013 legislative session are lobbying again to extend and improve the tax credit.

“Today, other states and global competitors are strengthening their R&D tax policies, driving new R&D and interest in AI development, industry reshoring back to North America and Texas and the recent tariff readjustment, which is a new thing,” Tony Bennett, president and CEO of the Texas Association of Manufacturers, testified during a Senate Finance Committee hearing Wednesday. “Texas must act now to retain our existing incentives and provide certainty for business and prevent the loss of critical existing investments.”

Senate Bill 2206 by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, — and its companion, House Bill 4393 by Rep. Charlie Geren, R-Lake Worth — would extend the R&D tax credit program and raise its incentive from about 5% to 8.72%, or about 10.9% of new R&D connected to state public and private higher education institutions.

“R&D is so important to a healthy economy,” Jennifer Rabb, president of the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, told the American-Statesman. “And without an extension of the credit, companies are going to choose to go elsewhere for those projects.”

Texas’ credit is on the low end of the spectrum for R&D tax incentives, with countries like China offering a “super deducation” of 200% and states like California offering a 15% tax credit on qualified research expenditures and an extra 24% of research payments to public universities and their affiliate hospitals or cancer research centers. Many other states, like Michigan and Arizona, offer 10%.

When asked during his testimony Wednesday if he believed the tax credit raise from 5% to 8.72% was enough, Bennett said it was a “great improvement” for Texas.

“Competitively speaking, we don’t have the highest tax credit available to R&D folks,” Bennett told the Statesman after the initial bill filing in March. “You absolutely have to have R&D going on in your industry sector to remain globally competitive, or you will be out of business.”

According to a study commissioned by Texans for Innovation, a group made up of state business associations lobbying to extend and improve the state’s R&D tax credit, expanding and making the tax credit permanent could increase the gross state product by up to 0.13% and could create 113,850 new jobs with an estimated $8.5 billion in wages by 2035.

Texans for Innovation includes groups like the Texas Association of Manufacturers, Texas Association of Business, Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute, Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, Texas Chemistry Council, Texas Oil & Gas Association, Texas Economic Development Council, several municipal chambers of commerce, Opportunity Austin and Lockheed Martin.

The credit, while driving an increase in high-paying full-time jobs at medium- and large-sized corporations, also aids small startups and entrepreneurial businesses, Texas Association of Business President and CEO Glenn Hamer told the Statesman. The Texas Association of Business is a member of Texans for Innovation.

“For those businesses, small entrepreneurial businesses that are startups that don’t have income coming in,” he said, “they would be able to take a credit off of their sales tax expenditures to use it or carry forward the credit to a time when they have profits coming in. What we love about this credit is that it’s something that’s available to all innovative companies in the state of Texas, regardless of their size.”

Opportunity Austin, also a member of the Texans for Innovation group, told the Statesman in a statement that one company working with it could access an estimated $4 million reinvestment capital thanks to an extension of the tax credit program.

“This initiative removes those barriers, freeing up millions in capital that fuels job creation, breakthrough advancements and sustained economic growth across multiple industries,” Opportunity Austin said.

Bennett said R&D is the backbone of the global, national and Texas economies, saying without investment in the area, the world suffers. Bennett pointed to Jack Kilby’s inventing of the microchip at Texas Instruments in 1958 as the perfect example as to why a tax credit is needed in the state.

“It’s just throughout our entire economy and daily life, that one R&D project created the world we live in today, which most people would say is a better world,” Bennett said. “It is absolutely essential that the state of Texas is competitive globally in this area, and the way you grow manufacturing, and you grow industries, and you grow jobs, and your economy is in large part due to basic research and development.”

Expanding R&D tax credits isn’t straightforward, as the loss in tax revenue could cost the state an estimated $661.4 million in fiscal 2026. However, Texans for Innovation argues that the economic benefits will offset this cost.

Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, while voting in favor of the bill, said the Legislature should contemplate whether or not the state has too many of these business or tax incentives or if it should slow down the dramatic growth Texas has experienced in recent years.

Now out of committee, SB 2206 will move to the Senate floor before heading to the House. HB 4393 is still in committee.

Some of those pushing for the passage of the bill said they expect some opposition, especially since it is an incentive increase.

But for many business leaders, Texas can’t afford not to extend and improve its R&D tax credit.

“It’s a must pass,” Hamer said. “We need to extend the R&D tax credit to remain competitive when it comes to R&D investment. So many other states, dozens of other states, have an R&D tax credit. … In terms of for the economic health of Texas, this is imperative.”

Diverse Coalition of Business, Industry Leaders Calls on Legislature to Support SB 2206/HB 4393 to Extend R&D Tax Credit, Cement Texas’ Leadership in Technology, Innovation

AUSTIN — A newly released economic impact study, commissioned by Texans for Innovation, found that extending the state’s research and development (R&D) tax credit will increase economic output, employment, and income, without creating fiscal problems at the state or local level. Specifically, the tax credit would create more than 113,000 jobs and generate $13.8 billion in additional Gross State Product (GSP) in the first 10 years. Texans for Innovation, a coalition of leaders that span the major business and industry sectors of the state, is calling on the Texas Legislature to extend the R&D tax credit due to expire in 2026 to grow the economy and cement Texas’ position as a leader in technology and innovation.

“For many industries like manufacturing, high-tech, energy, and biotechnology, the R&D process represents the critical ‘first phase.’ It’s where questions, ideas, and problems are fleshed out in labs, the field or production facilities to become the products and solutions that power the Texas economy,” said Tony Bennett, president and CEO of the Texas Association of Manufacturers and a founding member of Texans for Innovation.  “These industries are the driving force in Texas’ economic growth and job creation and the state should be doing all it can to encourage growth in the sectors that are innovating the future of Texas.”

STUDY: “The Economic Effects of R&D Tax Incentives in Texas,” John W. Diamond, Ph.D., Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Senior Fellow in Public Finance | Director of the Center for Tax and Budget Policy, Baker Institute, Rice University, November 2024.

John W. Diamond, Ph.D., Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Senior Fellow in Public Finance and director of the Center for Tax and Budget Policy at Rice University’s Baker Institute, lead author of the study, said, “Our research demonstrates that an R&D tax credit will pay for itself by increasing the size of the Texas economy by more than enough to offset the cost of the incentive. The implication is clear. The question is not whether Texas can afford to extend the R&D tax credit, but instead whether Texas can afford not to extend the R&D tax credit. Extending the R&D tax credit at its current level is a first step, and it will definitely have a positive impact on the Texas economy, but a significant increase above the current level, whether now or in the future, is necessary if Texas wants to lead the nation in innovation and growth.”

Key findings from the study include:

Texas Lags in R&D Investment

• Despite being the second-largest state in population and GSP, Texas lags in R&D investment, ranking 33rd as a percentage of GSP.
• Texas’ existing R&D tax incentives have been intermittent and comparatively modest.
• As of 2022, Texas contributed only 4.3% of U.S. business-funded R&D, well behind leading states like California (36.2%).
• This gap suggests that Texas’ R&D policies need strengthening to remain competitive nationally and globally.

Economic Benefits of Enhanced R&D Tax Incentives
Expanding and making R&D tax credits permanent will generate significant economic benefits:

• GSP growth: Texas’ GSP could increase by up to 0.13% in the long run.
• Job creation and wages: By 2035, Texas could see 113,850 new jobs with an estimated $8.5 billion in wages.
• Investment boost: Total investment is projected to rise by 0.25% in the first year, with continued growth over the long term.

Revenue Offsets and Fiscal Responsibility

• While the initial cost of expanding R&D tax credits is estimated at $661.4 million in FY2026, the economic benefits will offset these costs over time.
• Increased economic activity will lead to higher state revenues, particularly from property and sales taxes, minimizing fiscal impacts.
• The study estimates that over 20 years, Texas could see a net economic gain of $58.8 billion after accounting for these offsets.

Policy Recommendations for Texas Lawmakers

• Extend and increase R&D tax credits beyond 2026 to foster a stable, long-term environment for innovation.
• Make these credits permanent to reduce uncertainty for businesses and attract more R&D investment to the state.

“With key R&D incentives set to expire, Texas risks losing ground to other states in research and development spending,” said Glenn Hamer, president and CEO of the Texas Association of Business. “Extending these incentives is critical to attracting high-tech industries, creating jobs, and maintaining Texas’ position as a national leader in technology and innovation. Ensuring long-term support for R&D strengthens our economy, workforce, and overall competitiveness.”

Members of Texans for Innovation include the Texas Association of Manufacturers, Texas Association of Business, Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute, Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, Texas Chemistry Council, Texas Oil & Gas Association, Texas Economic Development Council, Dallas Regional Chamber, Greater Houston Partnership, North Texas Commission, Opportunity Austin, and Lockheed Martin.

Click here to download a PDF version of the study.

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The Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM) actively represents more than 500 large and small companies from every manufacturing sector. Texas manufacturers employ more than 847,000 Texans in jobs that pay an average compensation of over $123,000 annually – roughly 36 percent higher than other non-farm Texas workers. Manufacturing accounts for 11.3 percent of the total output in the state, contributing more than $292 billion in 2023. On average, each manufacturing job created provides 5 additional jobs in our communities. Texas remains the number one exporting state for manufactured goods in the United States, now for more than 20 years running.

Media Contact: Gretchen Fox, 512-694-4326

#TAMis20

Visit TAM’s New Website: www.manufacturetexas.org

AUSTIN – The Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM) kicked off its 20^th anniversary celebration today in Austin at the 2025 Texas Manufacturers’ Day at the Capitol. Manufacturers from across the Lone Star State visited with their lawmakers to remind them how much #ManufacturingMatters to the state’s economy, jobs and national security.

“While much has changed since TAM opened its doors 20 years ago, one thing remains the same: Texas manufacturing is a major contributor to the Texas Miracle and the more than the 847,000 Texans who work in this industry have revolutionized the economy, saved lives, and made Texas stronger. It is my distinct honor to represent them and grow manufacturing in the Lone Star State,” said Tony Bennett, TAM’s current president and CEO and a founding member of the Association.

“Texas Manufacturers’ Day at the Capitol is our opportunity to remind lawmakers the importance of their continued policy leadership to keeping Texas on top. It’s no accident that Texas has been the number one exporting state for manufactured goods for more than two decades,” he said.

Today and throughout the 89^th Legislature, TAM and its members are urging state leaders to focus on the TAM Top 10, the Association’s 2025 policy priorities crafted to protect Texas’ standing as the number one place to do business.

“Global competition to attract advanced manufacturing has never been more intense and our priorities and policies must be laser-focused on competitiveness,” said Bennett. “Smart policies related to pro-growth tax policy, transportation, infrastructure, electricity, workforce development and water are key to attracting and keeping large-scale manufacturing projects in Texas – which directly bolster our economy, strengthen our national and supply chain security and solidify our leadership in emerging technologies and advanced manufacturing.”

TAM’s Top 10 policy priorities in 2025 include: 

1. Tax Structures That Promote Economic Growth
2. Equity in Business Taxation
3. Business & Personal Property Tax Reform
4. Transportation, Critical Infrastructure & Timely Permits
5. Maintain a Reliable, Cost-Effective, and Competitive Wholesale Electricity Market
6. Ensure that Monopoly Utility Rates are Transparent and Fair to Customers
7. Career and Workforce Readiness
8. Support Commonsense Regulations and Sufficient Funding for TCEQ Operations
9. School and Workplace Health
10. Funding for Water Infrastructure Projects

Learn more about the TAM Top 10 here.

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The Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM) actively represents more than 500 large and small companies from every manufacturing sector. Texas manufacturers employ more than 847,000 Texans in jobs that pay an average compensation of over $123,000 annually – roughly 36 percent higher than other non-farm Texas workers. Manufacturing accounts for 11.3 percent of the total output in the state, contributing more than $292 billion in 2023. On average, each manufacturing job created provides 5 additional jobs in our communities. Texas remains the number one exporting state for manufactured goods in the United States, now for more than 20 years running.

Media Contact: Gretchen Fox, 512-694-4326

AUSTIN – The Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM), alongside several major Texas business associations, called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Texas in a joint letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.

In addition to TAM, the letter’s signatories include organizations representing some of the largest corporations and employers within the state, including the Texas Association of Business, Greater Houston Partnership, Texas Oil & Gas Association, Texas Economic Development Council, Texas Chemistry Council, and Economic Alliance Houston Port Region.

The Texas business community is pushing the EPA to accelerate its final decisions on Class VI well permits, the classification of underground injection well which allows for the permanent sequestration of carbon in rock formations deep below the ground. Without these wells, CCS projects cannot proceed.

“Texas has pioneered the development and deployment of low-carbon energy solutions like carbon capture and storage (CCS) that promise new investments, job growth and a boost to our state’s expansive energy portfolio,” said TAM President and CEO Tony Bennett. “Unfortunately, permitting delays at the federal level have plagued CCS progress in Texas. It can take the EPA up to five years to review a single Class VI well application, leaving potential projects in the lurch, stymying future investment and slowing progress towards a lower emissions future.”

“The State of Texas has applied to the EPA for primacy, a process that would alleviate backlogs by authorizing the Texas Railroad Commission to permit carbon wells in the state. The Commission has the experienced staff and resources to permit wells in under a year using the same rigorous safety and environmental standards used by the EPA,” he said. “Louisiana was recently granted primacy and if Texas’ application isn’t approved, we will lose out on investment – and jobs – to our neighboring state. We urge the EPA to move forward with the State’s primacy application to usher in the investment and jobs that belong in Texas.”

North Dakota, Wyoming, Louisiana, and West Virginia, have all been granted primacy from the EPA.  Texas submitted its application for Class VI primacy in 2022, but remains in the “pre-application activities phase” on the EPA’s tracker.

The complete letter to the EPA can be found here.

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TAM President & CEO Tony Bennett: “Global competition for advanced manufacturing has never been more intense. Priorities and policy must be laser-focused to keep Texas on top.”

AUSTIN –The Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM) today released its “TAM Top Ten,” which details the Association’s policy priorities for the 89th Legislature in 2025.

“Global competition to attract advanced manufacturing has never been more intense and our priorities and policies must be laser-focused on ways to keep Texas on top as the number one state to do business and the number one state for exported manufactured goods,” said Tony Bennett, president and CEO of TAM. “Smart policies related to pro-growth tax policy, transportation, infrastructure, electricity, workforce development and water are key to attracting and keeping large-scale manufacturing projects in Texas – which directly bolster our economy, strengthen our national and supply chain security and solidify our leadership in emerging technologies and advanced manufacturing.”

TAM’s Top Ten policy priorities include:

1. Tax Structures That Promote Economic Growth
2. Equity in Business Taxation
3. Business & Personal Property Tax Reform
4. Transportation, Critical Infrastructure & Timely Permits
5. Maintain a Reliable, Cost-Effective, and Competitive Wholesale Electricity Market
6. Ensure that Monopoly Utility Rates are Transparent and Fair to Customers
7. Career and Workforce Readiness
8. Support Commonsense Regulations and Sufficient Funding for TCEQ Operations
9. School and Workplace Health
10. Funding for Water Infrastructure Projects

More on TAM Top 10:

1. Tax Structures That Promote Economic Growth
   • SUPPORT: A competitive tax climate that incentivizes investment by new and existing businesses, including the new Jobs, Energy, Technology and Innovation (JETI) Act, a robust research and development (R&D) tax exemption and a consistent tax exemption for the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of general aviation aircraft.
2. Equity in Business Taxation
   • SUPPORT: Broad-based, low-rate tax policy that treats all taxpayers equally, recognizing that no franchise tax cut is a substitute for a competitive property tax environment.
3. Business & Personal Property Tax Reform
   • SUPPORT: Exempting either equipment used directly in the manufacturing process, or alternatively, all business inventories. This would provide competitive tax relief for all kinds of businesses and industries, large and small, and would create an ongoing and powerful stimulus for the Texas economy.
4. Transportation, Critical Infrastructure & Timely Permits
   • SUPPORT: Policies that will facilitate the flow of both interstate and intrastate commerce, alleviate supply chain disruptions and encourage efficient expansion – and timely permitting – of our infrastructure network of pipelines, utility rights-of-way, highway and rail corridors that will sustain the quality business environment in Texas.
5. Maintain a Reliable, Cost-Effective, and Competitive Wholesale Electricity Market
   • SUPPORT:Ensuring reliability and affordability by relying on market-based pricing for energy, ancillary services, and operational reserves; providing price signals for market participants who perform when the grid needs it most; offering robust demand response opportunities; limiting “out-of-market” actions, direct capacity procurements, and capacity markets.
6. Ensure that Monopoly Utility Rates are Transparent and Fair to Customers
   • OPPOSE:“Rate riders” that let monopoly utilities increase rates quickly, with very limited review. TAM’s priority is to protect the ratemaking process against ongoing utility efforts to reduce oversight and transparency and to ensure that Texas businesses are not forced to pay more than they should for electricity.
7. Career and Workforce Readiness
   • SUPPORT: Robust career and technical education (CTE) programs and funding in all school districts, as well as a strong system of career, college and military advising beginning in middle school, with a particular emphasis on “return on investment” and a recognition that many careers do not require a 4-year degree, which is often accompanied by crippling student loan debt.
   • SUPPORT: A strong accountability system for both public schools and institutions of higher education, with outcomes being paramount.
   • SUPPORT: High-quality workforce training programs and funding that provide exceptional rate of return for the Texas economy — programs administered by the Texas Workforce Commission and local workforce boards including: the Skills Development Fund (SDF), Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Program, and learn-while-you-earn apprenticeships.
8. Support Commonsense Regulations and Sufficient Funding for TCEQ Operations
   • SUPPORT: TCEQ’s use of clear and consistent regulations that have a market-driven and incentive-based foundation rather than heavy handed mandates or a one-size-fits-all approach, as well as increased inspections at manufacturing facilities that are consistent across the state’s geographic regions. 
   • SUPPORT: Providing adequate funding for Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to ensure the agency has the resources and staff they need to efficiently process permits, hire additional inspectors, and provide enhanced salaries and training opportunities for TCEQ staff to maintain a qualified, experienced workforce.
9. School and Workplace Health
   • SUPPORT: Policies that encourage prevention of infectious disease in schools and the workplace and eliminate attempts to create barriers and access to vaccinations for employees and communities.
10. Funding for Water Infrastructure Projects
    • SUPPORT: Establishing a dedicated funding stream for the Texas Water Fund to support Texas’ population and economic growth, as well as additional market-based solutions that proportionally distribute any costs in developing regional water infrastructure among end users.
    • SUPPORT: Water reuse incentives and sustainability initiatives developed in collaboration with innovative manufacturing partners to reduce the burden on water infrastructure.

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The Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM) actively represents more than 500 large and small companies from every manufacturing sector. Texas manufacturers employ more than 847,000 Texans in jobs that pay an average compensation of over $123,000 annually – roughly 36 percent higher than other non-farm Texas workers. Manufacturing accounts for 11.3 percent of the total output in the state, contributing more than $292 billion in 2023. On average, each manufacturing job created provides 5 additional jobs in our communities. Texas remains the number one exporting state for manufactured goods in the United States, now for more than 20 years running.

Media Contact: Gretchen Fox, 512-694-4326

AUSTIN – The Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM) and its members will gather at the State Capitol on Tuesday, February 18^th for Texas Manufacturers’ Day to impress upon lawmakers that #ManufacturingMatters to the state’s economy, jobs and national security. 

Industry leaders will urge state leaders to focus on the TAM Top 10, the Association’s 2025 policy priorities crafted to protect Texas’ standing as the number one place to do business and the nation’s number one exporter of manufactured goods.

“Texas Manufacturers’ Day at the Capitol is our opportunity to remind lawmakers that manufacturing is a major contributor to the Texas Miracle and the importance of their continued policy leadership to keeping Texas on top,” said TAM President & CEO Tony Bennett. 

“Smart policies related to pro-growth tax policy, transportation, infrastructure, electricity, workforce development and water are key to attracting and keeping large-scale manufacturing projects in Texas – which directly bolster our economy, strengthen our national and supply chain security and solidify our leadership in emerging technologies and advanced manufacturing,” he said.

Visit www.manufacturetexas.org to learn more about TAM and manufacturing in Texas.  

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AUSTIN – The Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM) has joined a new statewide coalition of business leaders and organizations urging the Texas Legislature to establish a dedicated revenue source to fund future water projects — an essential investment in the state’s long-term resilience and economic future. Water funding is a top priority for the Association for the 89^th Legislature. See the complete TAM Top 10 here. 

“Manufacturers recognize that water is essential for job creation and economic growth. This need is even more pronounced today considering the challenges to our nation’s supply chain security and the need to attract advanced technologies and critical manufacturing back to Texas and the United States,” said Tony Bennett, president and CEO of the Texas Association of Manufacturers. “Texas policymakers have been forward-thinking in supporting innovative approaches to water infrastructure funding. To build on these successes, Texas must establish a dedicated funding stream for the Texas Water Fund. The consequences of not doing so could be dire and even endanger Texas’ economic miracle.”

The water coalition’s efforts center on two goals: developing a resilient, diversified water supply to meet increasing demand and upgrading aging drinking water and wastewater systems across Texas. Just as a dependable energy grid and skilled workforce are pillars of Texas’ success, reliable water infrastructure is foundational to sustaining long-term growth and prosperity. 

For more information about the water coalition, visit www.texas2036.org/txwater-funding. 

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AUSTIN – Texas Association of Manufacturers President & CEO Tony Bennett joined the Texas Talks podcast to discuss how education, energy, foreign trade, and more impact manufacturing in Texas. Bennett shared details of the Association’s TAM Top 10 and provided a look ahead to the 89^th Legislature.  

The full episode of Texas Talks is available online here: Audio/Video. 

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