Deborah Young Riddle was born on October 15,1949 and is a former Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 150, which encompasses much of northwest Harris County in and about Houston, Texas.
10 Facts About Debbie Riddle
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Debbie Riddle was defeated in the Republican primary by Valoree Swanson of Spring, Texas, who then claimed the seat in the general election held on November 8,2016.
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Debbie Riddle voiced opposition to a bill protecting breastfeeding in public, stating that women should be "modest".
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Debbie Riddle has defended the Texas House's unwritten policy to cast votes for absent and indisposed members on the basis that members of the legislature often do not get breaks to tend to any other business.
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Debbie Riddle was shown on Austin's KEYE-TV voting for State Representative Edmund Kuempel.
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The quote came after a Border and International Affairs Committee meeting during the Seventy-eighth Texas Legislature, in which the state faced a budget deficit of $10 billion, and was linked to a discussion Debbie Riddle had during the hearing regarding proposed healthcare cuts.
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The witness claimed that healthcare cuts would cause serious damage to border area hospitals, which Debbie Riddle countered with the claim that illegal immigrants were responsible for the financial strains.
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Debbie Riddle made the claim on Anderson Cooper 360 that Middle Eastern women were coming to the United States to give birth and were then returning to their home countries to raise their babies as terrorists who retain American citizenship.
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Debbie Riddle is a horse breeder who lives in Tomball with her husband Mike, an attorney.
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In 2016, Debbie Riddle was defeated in the Republican primary by Valoree Swanson, who led a four-candidate field with 12,143 votes.