Question: Who presides over the texas house of representatives?

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context: The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Texas House of Representatives. The Speaker's main duties are to conduct meetings of the House, appoint committees, and enforce the Rules of the House. The current speaker is Dennis Bonnen, a Republican from Angleton, who was elected Speaker on January 8, 2019.
question: Who in general presides over the texas house of representatives?
short_answers: Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
wikipage: Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives

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question: Who presides over the texas house of representatives from 2009 to 2019?
short_answers: Joseph Richard Straus III

Joe Straus

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question: Who presides over the texas house of representatives from 2003 to 2009?
short_answers: Thomas Russell Craddick Sr.

Tom Craddick

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question: Who presides over the texas house of representatives from 1993 to 2003?
short_answers: Pete Laney

James Earl Laney

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knowledge: content: The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Texas House of Representatives. The Speaker's main duties are to conduct meetings of the House, appoint committees, and enforce the Rules of the House. The current speaker is Dade Phelan, a Republican from Beaumont, who was elected Speaker on January 12, 2021.
wikipage: Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives

content: Joseph Richard Straus III (born September 1, 1959) is an American politician who served as the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019. A Republican, he represented District 121, which comprises northeastern Bexar County, including part of San Antonio, Texas, and several surrounding communities from his first election to the House in 2005 until his retirement in 2019. 
wikipage: Joe Straus

content: Thomas Russell Craddick Sr., known as Tom Craddick (born September 19, 1943), is member of the Texas House of Representatives representing the 82nd district. Craddick was Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from January 2003 to January 2009. He was the first Republican to have served as Speaker since Reconstruction.
wikipage: Tom Craddick

content: James Earl Laney, known as Pete Laney (born March 20, 1943), is a U. S. Democratic Party politician from West Texas. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1973 to 2007. A resident of Hale Center, near Plainview in Hale County, Laney served as House Speaker from 1993 to 2003. As of 2020, Laney is the most recent Democrat to serve as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives; Republicans have held this position ever since.
wikipage: Pete Laney
long_answer: The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives is the presiding officer over the Texas House of Representatives, with the current speaker being Republican Dade Phelan who was elected January 2021. Republican Joe Straus was the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019, when he retired. Thomas Russell Craddick Sr., known as Tom Craddick,  was Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from January 2003 to January 2009 and was the first Republican to have served as Speaker since Reconstruction. James Earl Laney, known as Pete Laney, who was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1973 to 2007, served as House Speaker from 1993 to 2003 and is the most recent Democrat to serve.