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Trey Martinez Fischer (born June 6, 1970) is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives, who has represented the San Antonio-based 116th District since 2000. Martinez Fischer was born and raised in San Antonio, graduating from Oliver Wendell Holmes High School and is a member of the school's Hall of Fame. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and in 1994 was selected to study as a (National Urban Fellow ). He is a graduate of Baruch College of Public Affairs, and the University of Texas School of Law. He is currently serving his seventh term representing District 116 in San Antonio, and was named one of the "10 Best Legislators of 2013" by ''Texas Monthly Magazine'',〔(Texas Monthly Magazine )〕 who described him as a "soldier prepared to do battle but ready to make peace". The ''Houston Chronicle'' and the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' named him one of the "20 Latino political rising stars of 2012",〔(Chronicle )〕 placing him among those under 55, "who just might change the face of American politics over the next two decades". ''Campaigns and Elections Magazine'' named him a “Texas Influencer” and one of the Top-50 Democrats in the state. Martinez Fischer is the chairman of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, the oldest and largest Latino legislative caucus in the United States. During his Chairmanship, the caucus has emerged as one of the leading Latino public policy organizations and the “group to watch” in the Texas Legislature according to ''The Economist'' magazine. In 2012, Martinez Fischer led the Mexican American Legislative Caucus to victory in two court battles concerning redistricting and voter/photo identification in Texas. ==Legislative career== Born and raised in San Antonio, Martinez Fischer was first elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 2000, and has worked with the San Antonio business community throughout his career in the legislature. In 2009, he authored HB 1922, which doubled San Antonio’s capacity to provide recycled water to businesses to meet the demands of expanding industries while conserving water for a fast-growing region. He also authored an amendment requiring our state Employee Retirement System to hire emerging fund managers, many of which are minority and women-owned businesses. In 2011, he was the lead Democratic author on HB 3727, the Boeing Bill, which created hundreds of high-paying manufacturing jobs in San Antonio to build, test, and repair the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. As a result of this bill, Air Force One will be refitted and repaired in San Antonio. He was selected by House Speaker Joe Straus to sit on the Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations, and the Select Committee on Redistricting during the first called special session of the 83rd Legislature. Martinez Fischer serves as a floor leader, guiding key bills to passage or defeat, and is recognized as an expert on the House rules of procedure. He was named the “Bull of the Brazos”, an award given by Texas Monthly magazine, recognizing him among the best in the legislature. In giving him this prestigious award Texas Monthly wrote: “without TMF the Democrats would have had no champion at all”. He has also been recognized as the “2013 Friend of Education” and a “Legislative Star” by the Texas Classroom Teachers Association for fighting what it considered to be harmful legislation. Martinez Fischer played a role in restoring education funding to Texas schools and was a major player in the state budget negotiations that resulted in $3.9 billion in increased education funding.〔(star-telegram.com May 20, 2013 )〕 He is a passionate advocate for government transparency and accountability as a member of the Select Committee on Transparency in State Operations and fought to preserve the voting rights of all Texans on the Select Redistricting Committee. On February 17, 2015, Martinez Fischer was handily defeated in a special election by fellow Democrat colleague Jose Menendez for the District 26 seat in the Texas Senate, a position vacated by Leticia Van de Putte, an unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor in 2014 who is now running for mayor of San Antonio. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trey Martinez Fischer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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