High-stakes testing has basically guided the curriculum in public schools all across the state of Texas and has left us with the highest drop out rate in the entire country -- around 40 percent. |
I don't pretend to be perfect; I've made mistakes just like everybody else. When I have, I've owned up to the mistakes and moved forward. |
I filed the ethics complaint against Tom DeLay not because I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican or even because he drew me out of my congressional seat but because he engaged in corruption to further his plans to disenfranchise voters in Texas. |
I guess the one thing he might have done differently is when the guy said, 'You better hope I don't catch you, you son of a bitch,' he would have asked, 'What do you mean by that?' ... It was very clear to me. And food fights are awful for your hair. |
I guess what bothers me so much about what I now see going on in both Washington and in Texas is an effort to keep people from finding out about the mistakes of lawmakers and then when they're uncovered, an effort to fool people and pretend there was nothing wrong. |
I have no problem with battling for a position, ... I have no problem trying to beat somebody out. It's a sport, competition, so I'm used to it. |
I hear the guy yelling, 'You better not let me catch you, you son of a bitch,' |
I like the way that shakes out. I like the numbers. |
I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight. |
I think there was some burgers, and I know there was some french fries. I had been in school for two weeks. That's why my parents were so pleased, getting off to such a glorious start. Getting thrown in the clink in the first month. |
I want an across-the-board pay raise with a dependable funding source. |
I want to see how the Arizona plan works out, utilizing the National Guard. It would be more expensive for the state of Texas, ... but if it's successful there, I think we're going to have to perhaps consider that type of plan. |
I was very impressed with the facilities here. I can see why it has been called the best of its kind in the world. |
I would love it if every talk show let me say whatever I pleased. |
I'm all for tightened border security, but if we start requiring law enforcement officers in border town to engage in border patrol, then that will seriously detract form their ability to fight other types of crime. |