One of the unfortunate lessons from Katrina is that states cannot always count on the federal government for prompt disaster response and assistance,

always want more because they are spending addicts ? they cannot help themselves.

The people in the Valley are disappointed that they have such a huge drop-out rate, ... They tell me that their kids get lost when they drop out, and they cannot then catch on, and they don't go to vocational education. They just drift around. It's very hard for those kids to get jobs.

We have an increase of population of 500,000 people a year, ... That means 5 million more people in 10 years?. If we cannot provide for the people already now, with 37 million, how can we provide for 42 million?

We have a massive weight that we must lift off our state, ... Alone, I cannot lift it. But together we can.