James Richard Murphy (born December 8, 1957), known as Jim Murphy, is an American businessman and politician. He is a Republican member of the

Texas House of Representatives The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. As of the 2010 United States census, each member represents abo ...

. From 2007 to 2009 and again since 2011, he has represented District 133 in Harris County. Murphy won a fifth nonconsecutive term in the state House in the

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held on November 8, 2016.

Political career

Multi-billion corporate tax incentive program

In 2021, Murphy pushed for legislation that would extend a multibillion-dollar corporate tax incentive program in Texas by ten years and expanded the incentives given to companies. Investigative reporting by the ''Houston Chronicle'' revealed that nearly all applicants for the corporate tax incentive program had their applications approved, that dozens of companies failed to fulfill its pledges, and that some companies had already completed the projects that they had applied to the program for.

Committee appointments

Murphy currently sits on these House committees: (1) Corrections (Chair) (2) Ways and Means. In 2007, he was elected president of the freshman class in the House. During his first term, he authored and passed 15 bills, the most by any first-time member. During the 84th Legislative Session, Murphy was elected Texas House Republican Caucus Floor Leader.

Personal life

Murphy is married to Kathleen J. Pace-Murphy, a professor at the Houston School of Nursing within the

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. Pace-Murphy is a geriatric nurse practitioner. The Murphys have two sons.

References

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