LAWMAKERS - "Recession in Texas"

Linda Wertheimer states the increase in Texas' population will yield three additional House seats and rearrange districts. Site of new Texas Commerce Tower. Elderly Caucasian man wearing cowboy hat, walking up to door; two adult Caucasian males and one adult Caucasian female walking behind him. Wertheimer says the district voted for President Ronald Reagan, and will again, though Texas won't escape recession. U.S. and Texas flag flying on flagpole; Burger King restaurant and parking lot. Adult Caucasian man talks about how Texas in a recession, is still better than Pennsylvania, where he's from. Wertheimer, off camera, asks adult Caucasian woman if she is satisfied with the Texan economy; she replies no, but says the rest of the country is no better. Wertheimer lists major industry names in Texas that have had layoffs. Water tower over Bell Helicopter plant. Small helicopter taking off. "Texas Instruments" sign. Braniff International Airlines jets idle at Dallas-Fort Worth airport. Meeting of laid-off middle-aged adult Caucasian male and female airline employees in conference room; both men and women express positive and negative views of Reaganomics and President Ronald Reagan.