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Rep. Ray Garofalo chairs a mostly empty House Education Committee room. (JC Canicosa/Louisiana Illuminator)
After weeks of a political drama in the House Education Committee that spilled over into the full House, Rep. Ray Garofalo (R-Chalmette) was officially removed as chair of that committee by Speaker Clay Schexnayder (R-Gonzales).
“As elected members of the legislature, it is our duty to continually prioritize the needs of our state over and above the needs or desires of any one individual,” Schexnayder said in a written statement Wednesday afternoon. “With this in mind and with careful consideration, I have decided to remove Representative Ray Garofalo as the Chairman of the Louisiana House Education Committee. “
Garofalo said he confronted the speaker Wednesday morning and that Schexnayder threatened to have him physically removed from the Capitol if Garofalo tried to chair the meeting. I asked him if I was still chairman; he said yes, Garofalo said in an interview with USA Today Network. So I told him I planned to chair the meeting. He said, No, you re not. And I said, If I m still the chair, I m going to do my duty.
When asked if the confrontation became physical, Garofalo declined to comment other than saying: It wasn t a pretty meeting. I don t know what kind of game he is playing.
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