April 20, 2015 2:36 PM

House Investigating Committee launches inquiry into state contracting

"We cannot sit here and just hope that HHSC is the only agency with contracting problems"

The Texas House Committee on General Investigating and Ethics on Monday launched a probe into contracting practices at 11 state agencies.

"The House is going to find out how pervasive these irregularities are," said the chairman of the committee, Rep. John Kuempel, R-Seguin.