Texas lawmakers from the Rio Grande Valley make the “Aye” symbol on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives last spring after unanimously voting for the creation of a new university merging the University of Texas-Pan American and University of Texas at Brownsville, and the creation of a new medical school. 

From left: are state Reps. Sergio Muñoz Jr.; Eddie Lucio III; René Oliveira; Terry Canales, Oscar Longoria; Armando Martinez; and Bobby Guerra.

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