23 Quotes by David Dewhurst

Ive never supported a payroll tax.

I have been very restrained in my comments about the House and the House leadership. But Speaker Craddick and I have a different point of view, ... I think the Legislature ought to reform our schools, not the courts.

I think the public deserves better from their elected officials,

The public deserved better from their elected officials,

Due to current uncertainties surrounding the non-reimbursed costs to Texas of Hurricane Katrina, I think it is prudent to wait several weeks until we know what Texas' post-Katrina obligations are for evacuees before we start spending our limited reserves,

These are all items we're going to seriously consider, ... But when we only have a finite amount of available funds, I want to take a look at our immediate costs from Hurricane Katrina.

Addressing these items is more a timing issue than whether or not we'll ultimately take care of them,

They are friends of mine. I have argued with them. I think they really have slowed this process down, and they brought fair reform of the tax system to a standstill,

Once we secure our borders – and the federal government has not done a good job – then Congress, I believe, needs to take up the issue and look at how we try and identify those people that are here, that are national security risks to the United States.