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Federal representatives are the wrong people to contact for this. This is a state issue.

The Governor's office has been, in my experience, not useful. I received a form letter that such and such Colonel was looking into it, and that was the end of that.

My State Representative was voted out of office and the new guy's office has not been established yet. So he was not very useful for me. From the boards, it seems others have been.

I contacted my State Senator, Dan Patrick, and his office got things moving. Within a week, I received a call from his office that I would be contacted by DPS shortly. Within 30 minutes, a DPS auditor called me and said she would jump on Harris County.

A week later (due to the holidays), I received another call from the DPS auditor, who said she had my license in hand and asked if I wanted it priority mailed. It would require a signature though, so I opted for regular postal mail. It should be here Monday.

So this post is basically a giant plug for Senator Patrick. But I would encourage you guys to contact your senators and reps if you haven't. Most seem to care.



I was starting to think I'd never see this.

I received a call from the office of my Texas Senator (Dan Patrick) today. The lady said that she had contacted DPS regarding my CHL. I told her I had not intended on contacting anybody and that I was just going to wait. But also, that other people had been expedited in front of me. She said she understood and that it was no trouble for her.

Within 30 minutes, I received a call from a DPS administrator who said she was personally requesting a field report from Harris County and she would expedite my CHL to me as soon as it was cleared. Because of the holiday, she said it would probably be next week.

While I am happy for the people from Harris County who received theirs after applying in September or so, this is pretty ridiculous that you MUST contact your representative to get anywhere.

I won't hold my breath until its in my hands. But if its true, good luck to everybody else still waiting. Contact your representatives if you haven't.

I'm with you. I've been waiting since mid-June.

I received the form letter from the Governor. Unfortunately, my state rep was voted out of office so he has not been too helpful. I see people from September get expedited ahead. I was really hoping intervention wouldn't be necessary, but it seems like the only way to make it happen. I may just have to wait until the new representative is in office.