Kathy Walt Quotes (36 Quotes)

As governor, Perry agrees to call out the Texas Rangers to help protect these witnesses to a murder.

The question is, did they achieve the goals that were set out for them Did they do the work And I think they did. We've seen increased funding for Texas since the consultants were hired.

The governor thinks that with full and open disclosure that voters are astute enough to make the decision. They can look at campaign finance reports and make their own decisions on whether it was an appropriate contribution or an appropriate amount.

He has decided, at least for the time being, that taking a more focused approach is better.

What they're facing with their daughter's cancer is something that no family should have to go through. It's so sad. The situation as they described it, the governor talked with them and asked them questions.

Once again, we're saying here are these people in your community, and here's their criminal history. Beyond that, we have no jurisdiction to place them on supervision in Texas.

The governor thinks it's a very important issue to be in D.C. to testify before the committee on all of the actions Texas took between Hurricane Katrina and Rita and the financial impact those actions had on our state and continue to have on our state.

They are going to start issuing debit cards, 2,000 per adult, today at the Astrodome,

I don't think the e-mails quite capture the intensity of those moments. In addition to e-mail traffic, there were phone calls going on. It was kind of multitasking to the nth degree. Tensions were high. Everybody knew what was at stake.

Whether indeed members of the Mexican military crossed into Texas, or they were thugs dressed up as Mexican military, the incident is unacceptable and troubling.

They were priorities last June, and they remain priorities today.

We certainly have been monitoring it at the governor's level and it is a concern, just as an increase in violence in the adult prison system would be a concern.

The governor does believe in having a single person who can make the call in disaster situations.

Governor Perry has been the most open book in terms of a long-standing history of releasing his complete tax returns for years so the public is able to totally examine his sources of income.

Well (expletive). Colley doesn't have the authority to call out the national guard. Only the governor does. This kind of (expletive) has been going on all day.

The governor has indicated that his primary interest and focus right now will be on addressing the Supreme Court ruling.

The state is not going to restrict their First Amendment rights, just as we don't restrict the political giving of thousands of people who contract with the state of Texas.

People are sick and tired of political attacks from Washington politicians who are more worried about getting media attention than in solving problems.

He established the council, as he said at the time, to get recommendations to enhance public confidence in the criminal justice system. He's aware that (eyewitness identification) is one of the issues they're looking at.

I have real concern developing about lawlessness breaking out in Texas as a result of our generosity. We need to make certain we do not exceed our ability to provide necessities for those we are agreeing to take. What's the plan for those who see the Astrodome as their rightful home for the next 90 days What's the plan for handling increase in prisonjail population.

His assumption that anyone with money could use the room is incorrect. It was made available because they (lawmakers) were in session. He wanted to meet with a number of legislators who, frankly, were probably on the floor at that time.

The plan they have been discussing will provide a record property tax cut and will provide a stable, long-term source of funding for public schools while reflecting the Texas economy of the 21st century.

There's a very good reason that right now the focus is on property tax reduction, and that is because the governor and the leadership see it as the way to address the Supreme Court mandate.

The intent certainly is that people whose taxes are frozen would see the same level of property tax deductions.

I don't know of a single teacher in Texas who wouldn't welcome the possibility of getting a raise of 10,000, and if the head of a labor union wants to demean and diminish the hard work and the value of teachers, then he or she should be ashamed.

The governor didn't make his decision on who to appoint until just recently.

That's not an apples-to-apples comparison because some states include facilities in their per-pupil expenditures some include textbooks some don't. So there's no way of getting an adequate comparison.

The governor has already asked his appointees to various licensing boards for professionals, including doctors, nurses and dentists, to set up arrangements so they can begin to practice their professions in Texas,

These aren't easy decisions. He spends a lot of time on them.

As the governor has said, once he has a bill or bills on his desk that substantially reduce property taxes and reform the business franchise tax, he'll open the call to other issues.

Instead of worrying about who gets credit for our recent successes, maybe these Washington Democrats should be spending more time preventing the federal government from shortchanging us by 2 billion on hurricane relief.

There are hundreds of members of Congress.

I don't understand their objection to consumers hearing about the plan other than the fact that they don't want the Legislature to succeed.

With his Hollywood looks, he was typecast to play the governor of the great state of Texas,

This is still a legal matter and I think it would be the wrong time for the governor to weigh in. Let's let the legal system work.

Obviously from Governor Perry's standpoint, Texas is going to lend a helping hand and take care of those who have been devastated.