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Ashby serves on the House committees of (1) Appropriations Subcommittee on Article III - Chair (2) Natural Resources - Vice Chair (3) Appropriations and (4) House Administration.<ref name=votesmart/>
Ashby serves on the House committees of (1) Appropriations Subcommittee on Article III - Chair (2) Natural Resources - Vice Chair (3) Appropriations and (4) House Administration.<ref name=votesmart/>
==Legislative positions===
===Legislative positions===
A [[pro-life]] legislator, Ashby supported in 2013 the ban on [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of [[gestation]]; the measure passed the House, 96-49. He also co-sponsored companion legislation to increase medical and licensing requirements of abortion providers.<ref name=votingrecords/> These issues brought forth an unsuccessful [[filibuster]] in the state Senate led by Wendy Russell Davis of [[Fort Worth]], who in 2014 as the Democratic nominee lost the governor's race to the Republican [[Greg Abbott]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Filibuster in Texas Senate Tries to Halt Abortion Bill|author=Manny Fernandez|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/politics/senate-democrats-in-texas-try-blocking-abortion-bill-with-filibuster.html|newspaper=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=June 25, 2013|accessdate=March 9, 2014}}</ref> The Texas [[Right to Life]] Committee rated Ashby 73 percent favorable.<ref name=ratings/>
A [[pro-life]] legislator, Ashby supported in 2013 the ban on [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of [[gestation]]; the measure passed the House, 96-49. He also co-sponsored companion legislation to increase medical and licensing requirements of abortion providers.<ref name=votingrecords/> These issues brought forth an unsuccessful [[filibuster]] in the state Senate led by Wendy Russell Davis of [[Fort Worth]], who in 2014 as the Democratic nominee lost the governor's race to the Republican [[Greg Abbott]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Filibuster in Texas Senate Tries to Halt Abortion Bill|author=Manny Fernandez|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/politics/senate-democrats-in-texas-try-blocking-abortion-bill-with-filibuster.html|newspaper=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=June 25, 2013|accessdate=March 9, 2014}}</ref> The Texas [[Right to Life]] Committee rated Ashby 73 percent favorable.<ref name=ratings/>