AUSTIN, Texas (KLTV) - Texas lawmakers have formed a joint legislative committee to investigate the devastating July 4 Hill Country floods that killed 135 people, including 27 children at Camp Mystic.

Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick announced in a press release Monday evening the formation of a 10-member committee of both House and Senate lawmakers, more than three months after the deadly flooding. The bipartisan panel will investigate actions taken at youth summer camps during the flooding and examine ways Texas can better prepare for and respond to natural disasters.

“The families who lost their precious daughters deserve answers, as do all Texans, on exactly what happened on July 4th,” wrote Lt. Gov. Patrick.

The committee forms as Camp Mystic announced last month that they would b

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