"Texas Journal:</br></br>I am writing concerning your Nov. 16 article ""Cashing In: Victory by Bush Has Business Dusting Off Its Wish List.""</br></br>You state that Texas employers say that I, as chairman of the Texas Employment Commission, have ""made it harder to prove that a fired employee doesn't deserve unemployment benefits,"" and, that under my leadership, employers are ""losing more contested unemployment-claims hearings.""</br></br>Since I wasn't offered the opportunity to disprove, refute, or respond to these statements prior to their publication, please allow me this opportunity to do so.</br></br>Texas Employment Commission's board of commissioners comprises three commissioners: One commissioner represents labor; one commissioner represents employers; and the chairman represents the general public. Much as a judge in a judicial court, the chairman's job is to impartially apply the employment laws and precedents to every unemployment-benefits case that comes before the commission. And, just like in a court of law, one party wins while the other loses. Necessarily, I must ""favor"" either the worker or the employer."