Last week, the Texas Comptroller's Office changed a program that helped women and minority-owned businesses win contracts with the state.

The state's Historically Underutilized Business program, also known as HUB, will now focus on businesses owned by disabled veterans and be renamed the Veteran Heroes United in Business program, or VetHUB., the state announced.

According to the Texas Tribune, more than 15,000 other small businesses — nearly 97% of the certified HUB businesses in Texas — were removed from the program because of the change.

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Brownsville State Representative Erin Gamez is asking the HUB program to be reinstated.

“If you don't like it, go about it the Democratic way, the constitutional way,” Gamez said.

Gamez is one of five lawmakers in the Rio Grande Valley from the Mexican-American Legislative Caucus who signed a letter asking State Comptroller Kelly Hancock to reinstate the original HUB program to include women and minorities.

The caucus said they also disagree with the way Hancock ended the program.

“There is nothing in the Texas state constitution that says a member of the executive branch, one man, can with the stroke of a pen eliminate the laws of the state of Texas enacted by the legislature,” Gamez said.

Gamez said she believes disputes should be discussed in the Legislature or in the courtroom.

When reached for comment, the Texas Comptroller's Office told Channel 5 News no one was available for an interview, but current contracts under the HUB program are being honored.

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