In today’s edition of “The Commuter Cut,” we hear Ernie and Tessa’s conversation with U.S. Representative Al Green, currently serving Texas's 9th congressional district, who tells us what he hopes to accomplish before he leaves the Capitol in January.

Next, Dr. Shonnie Murrell, Governor of the Recording Academy's Texas and Oklahoma Chapters and leader of the band Funk Potion #9, talks about her new R&B album and her work mentoring young people through Grammy U.

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Plus, Bob Krumenaker, a former superintendent of Big Bend National Park and chairman of Keep Big Bend Wild, explains how the organization is fighting against border wall construction in that area, what's at stake for the national park, and what happens next now that construction has paused.