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Stop Working and Read This Email
Monday, September 21, 2009
This edition of the Watson Wire is simply too important for you to not pay attention.
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Here goes.
October 1, 2009 is the big shindig at…
Take Heart
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Let's get right to it.
I have written and talked – and drawn pictures, used crayons, talked in my sleep, sung songs, and done interpretive dance – about the…
Keeping Texas Healthy II
Thursday, June 26, 2008
This past week, the world celebrated one of my more stunning achievements. Liz and I celebrated our 29th wedding anniversary. I put this one in the "win" column because, while…
Newsroom » Speeches and Statements
Equalize Workers’ Compensation
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Sometimes, the words that matter the most are the ones that aren’t there.
In the past, Texas workers’ compensation laws did not address orthotic devices or prosthetic devices as physical…
Increase Telemedicine
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Technological advances are coming to define modern medicine. But they shouldn’t be all about giant machines, expensive tests, and dramatic cures. They also need to work more subtly to help…
Empower the Travis County Healthcare District
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Three years ago, Travis County voters elected to start providing healthcare in a new way.
They approved the creation of the Travis County Healthcare District, which consolidated health programs in…
Newsroom » In the News
Senators express doubts about candidate for health, human services job
Thursday, May 28, 2009
The man thought to be the frontrunner for Texas’ top health and human services job is already being criticized as lacking experience and failing to fully grasp key issues.
Gov.…
Ogden passes stem cell study bill
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Sen. Steve Ogden won Senate passage of a bill requiring all state agencies to file a public report detailing any research involving human embryonic stem cell research. There was little…
Ogden works with Watson to pass stem cell research reporting bill out of Senate
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Sen. Steve Ogden (R-Bryan), with the help of colleague Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin), managed to move his stem cell study bill through the Senate this afternoon with barely a ripple…
