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Prior to his election, Cain had listed his legislative priorities as the reduction of state spending and taxation, protection of property and Second Amendment rights, halting illegal immigration, the passage of a voter identification bill, and the creation of new jobs economic development.[2] Cain serves on the House Correctons and Government Efficiency & Reform committees.[8]

Prior to his election, Cain had listed his legislative priorities as the reduction of state spending and taxation, protection of property and Second Amendment rights, halting illegal immigration, the passage of a voter identification bill, and the creation of new jobs economic development.[2] Cain serves on the House Correctons and Government Efficiency & Reform committees.[8]

Late in 2010, even before Cain took office, Representative [[Bryan Hughes]] of Mineola in Wood County, claimed that Larry Phillips, a lawmaker from Sherman, told Hughes that the conservative Cain and neighboring Representative [[Dan Flynn]] of Van in Van Zandt County, Texas, would be redistricted for the 2012 elections because they had declined to commit to the second-term reelection of Speaker [[Joe Straus]], a moderate Republican from San Antonio. In a hearing before the House Ethics Committee, chaired by another East Texas representative, [[Chuck Hopson]] of Jacksonville, an ally of Speaker Straus, Phillips denied having made such a claim to Hughes. Neither Hughes nor Phillips taped the conversation. No judgment was made by the committee because of the lack of corroborating witnesses.[9]

Late in 2010, even before Cain took office, Representative [[Bryan Hughes]] of Mineola in Wood County, claimed that [[Larry Phillips]], a lawmaker from Sherman, told Hughes that the conservative Cain and neighboring Representative [[Dan Flynn]] of Van in Van Zandt County, Texas, would be redistricted for the 2012 elections because they had declined to commit to the second-term reelection of Speaker [[Joe Straus]], a moderate Republican from San Antonio. In a hearing before the House Ethics Committee, chaired by another East Texas representative, [[Chuck Hopson]] of Jacksonville, an ally of Speaker Straus, Phillips denied having made such a claim to Hughes. Neither Hughes nor Phillips taped the conversation. No judgment was made by the committee because of the lack of corroborating witnesses.[9]