14 Quotes by Carole Strayhorn

I am so pleased and proud of all my sons.

I respect what he's got to do, he is still my good friend. He's got to do what he's got to do. My focus is Texas.

We have better than $8 billion in funds available.

We've got to be honest. We've got to say out loud we need more dollars for education and we also need more of the education dollars going directly into the classroom with the teachers.

Under this governor, it is us against them. The sad fact is the governor has so politically fractured our state ... the only way to bring Texas back together and get things done is to have independent leadership.

The governor's tax increase plan does not work.

As the state's chief fiscal officer, I am committed to making sure tax dollars are spent wisely and in absolute accordance with the law. If during my audit I find that Cassidy & Associates inappropriately used tax dollars, I will immediately suspend all future payments and take the necessary steps to make sure these dollars are returned to the state.

I shall die a Texas independent. I think that this governor has so politically fractured this state that the only way to get something done is to set aside the partisan politics.

It would be wrong to use this session to only cut property taxes when Texas needs long-term solutions for our fundamental priorities.