Ms. McClendon said the decision was easy. She said barbecue sauce didn't originate in Texas, like picante sauce. The choice of molecule had been the subject of debate because several were discovered or created by state scientists. But Rep. Scott Hochberg, D-Houston, said only one was recognized for a Nobel Prize. Wise authored a resolution recognizing the Texas Sweet Onion, a hybrid created in Texas.
State symbols are generally a heady type of issue.
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