Charles Cunningham
Texas House of Representative District 127
Kingwood Area Republican Woman Would like to thank Texas House of Representative District 127, Charles Cunningham for being one of our Top Sponsors for our biennial fundraiser Texas Roundup - A Celebration of Texas Independence Day. In the weeks leading up to our event on March 2, we will be showcasing our sponsors with FIVE FUN QUESTIONS.
Leave it better than we found it for the next generation
What is the book on your bedside table?
The Bible - I read it everyday- in the morning and night. Along side the Bible I have a lot of philosophy books. So I am an avid reader but The Bible is my favorite and I never go to sleep without it.
What were you most proud of this past session?
I think the thing I was most proud of this session was the fact that I stuck to the priorities that I told District 127 that I was going to do. We addressed our flood mitigation, we addressed public safety, and just about everything that I had on there we checked the box. We had some successes in education but we didn’t quite get everything, but I think by sticking to the priorities, I was able to bring successes to the district and I think that’s a big accomplishment. Especially when you talk about flood mitigation - the 50 million dollars from the state, 50 million dollars from the feds, the 30 million dollars from the Texas Water - We brought back 130 million dollars and so I’m proud of not only my team but of District 127 for their support.
What are you looking forward to next session?
I think moving forward, we still have to tighten our public safety, I was just told that the City of Houston is considering removing our bike police officers. So we want to address this because public safety is a high priority. I think our new Mayor is going to be sensitive to our needs up here in the North East. I’m happy about. We’re going to continue to see what we can do for education. Not just public education but ALL education. We are going to monitor to see how all the flood projects are going. I’m going to be working with the San Jacinto Authority and working with our new Council member Fred Flickinger. So those are just a few things that are on the burner.
What did you binge watch over the freeze in the past few days?
What did I watch? Well you’re gonna laugh at me, you know, because I’m going to halfway tell my age but I watched a lot of Perry Mason. I’m a Perry Mason guy. I like the old stuff. So besides taking time out to read my Bible, I was watching Perry Mason. He is all about the truth.
What made you want to get into politics?
I think as I found out about my family history. I go all the way back to my great, great grandfather, who actually served in the 13th Texas Legislature back in 1872. Learning about my family, our principles were education, self reliance, entrepreneurship and basically leaving it better than you found it. Not many people know this, but when I went to college my major was theology and then I switched to political science. So really it’s about the workings of government. I actually came on with Ronald Regan. Government is not the solution, government is the problem. Too much government is not good. We want to give people a “hand up” not a “hand out”. We are working with the Harris County Republican delegation with Paul Bettencourt with the latest move that Harris County is giving out $500 to certain targeted areas. If that’s not socialism at its finest. So the whole goal in a nutshell, everybody - everybody is a servant. You don’t have to hold office to be a servant, everybody is a servant and the goal should be - leave it better than we found it for the next generation.