Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan and actor Dennis Quaid testified before the Texas Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday to push for additional state film incentives. The committee convened to assess the current incentives program,

Politically, incentives (or more technically, rebates) for film, TV, commercial, and video game production in Texas through the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program has been an easy political kickball for Republicans wanting to beat up on West Coast liberals and anti-government types who oppose any kind of incentives or grants,

Directors, producers and actors say better incentives in other states pull projects away from Texas, which is losing out on millions of dollars.

Dennis Quaid and Taylor Sheridan both testified before the Senate's Finance Committee on Wednesday, urging additional funding for the state's film incentive program.