65 Quotes by Chris Bell

We can't treat teachers like glorified test monitors and pay them accordingly if we want to have any hope of keeping teachers in classrooms,

Fair play should be a minimal expectation, and the ""ethics truce"" prevented Congress from meeting even that low standard.

Tom DeLay is a gift that keeps on giving, and has been for a long time.

What is realistic is to tax every business fairly. Only one in eight of Texas' businesses are paying for a franchise tax. The right way is to spread the tax out evenly; the wrong way is to protect special interest.

Turnovers, field position and key mistakes, that was it. Both of their touchdowns came off our turnovers. We let them hang around, they hung around and seized the opportunity.

To be honest with you, all of this stuff we have been hearing in the council chamber the last two weeks would have greater impact if it hadn't been orchestrated by the administration,

Border state governors are in a position to shine light on these issues and get the ball moving forward.

Ethics in government has always been important to me.

I've always opposed vouchers, and I will continue opposing vouchers. Texas won't have the best public schools in the country if we're raiding their funding to send kids to private schools.