Matt Garcia discusses the practice of introducing companion bills in the Senate and House as a more efficient way of passing legislation. He theorizes that Representative Carlos Truan postponed the hearing of his House Bill on bilingual education to wait for the companion bill in the Senate to also be ready for consideration. Garcia also describes the legislative session after the Sharpstown Scandal as being unusually calm. He contrasts the session with the more usual occasions of preferential treatment for congress members that are friends of the Speaker of the House or the chairman of the Calendars Committee.