"the Democratic Party last year didn't choose to give us a budget for 2011, that is why we are in this predicament right now."
"Eighty-seven percent of all the U.S. construction workforce is nonunion, and I would argue that it is probably more than that in Texas."
"I find quite offensive to our right-to-work States. I don't think the Federal Government should be imposing that upon States."
"I think it is improper, and I do not know, but it is arguably illegal, taking school food service funds and applying them elsewhere in the school system."
"There is no shortage of red snapper."
"These are real issues that affect people at the very heart of their survivability."
"Most people would not."
"The overstock designation and the devastating reaction to it are based on an antiquated... data collection and analysis method."
"I appreciate your consideration of H.R. 3577 and ask for your support."
"Support"
"We should not punish these model citizens by taking away their right to vote or stripping them of tax residency."