Texas Legislature Quotes

As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office.

How can you look at the Texas legislature and still believe in intelligent design?

One of the consolations of having orthodox, fundamental religion is that it provides a hot Hell for the Texas Legislature.

I don’t give a damn for the legislature of Texas!

The last thing Texas women need in their lives is Greg Abbott.

You know, to preserve our job-friendly climate the Texas legislature didn't raise taxes this last legislative session while balancing their budget and maintaining their reserves - and might I add that our budget leaves $6 billion dollars in a rainy day fund?

I think, in Washington, getting things for the great people of Texas done is an important job.

Planned Parenthood is a pretty popular organization. Way more popular than Congress! It claims that one in five women have received care from one of its clinics. And this care, despite what abortion opponents say, is excellent and not easily replaceable by 'community health centers.' Texas tried it, and thousands of women went without care.

That the Texas Legislature, that the Texas school boards, the Texas teachers, we collectively know best how to educate our children, rather than some bureaucrat in Washington.

I'm such an admirer of Wendy Davis.

Texas is a big state. It's a major force in the Republican Party.

During my time in the Texas State Legislature, I witnessed firsthand the lack of evidence behind the rampant claims of voter fraud and the obstacles voters would face if the 2011 photo Voter ID were put in place.

In Texas, conservative policies win over stabbing fellow Republicans in the back.

Every two years, one of the most hotly contested elections in Texas is the poll taken among members of the capitol press corps to determine who are actually the ten stupidest members of the Legislature. Two years ago, there were thirty-seven official nominees and several write-ins.