AUSTIN (KXAN) Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said the Texas Senate would work to change the name of the New York Strip to the “Texas Strip.” The change would apply to the cuts of meat in the Lone Star State only.

Patrick attributed the need for the change to Texas-raised cattle and the Texas cattle ranchers.

“We ask restaurants to change the name of this strip of meat the next time they reprint their menus, and grocery stores to do the same. We want this to catch on across the country and around the globe,” Patrick said.

According to Patrick, the change would help market Texas beef, as well as benefit the state’s economy and jobs.

“After session ends this summer, I might take a short cruise across the Gulf of America and have a juicy medium-rare Texas Strip,” Patrick said.