Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, it has been a difficult year for Houston, between floods and Enron and reduced energy production, but last night I watched a community come together. Last night, the National Football League came back to Houston after more than 5 years of being gone, and we watched the Houston Texans, a new expansion team, take on our cross-State rivals, the Dallas Cowboys, on prime time Sunday night at the Texas Super Bowl. I watched as a team that was not expected to win literally won convincingly. It had not happened in 41 years that an expansion team won their first regular season game. I want to congratulate the Houston Texans and Bob McNair for their effort, and they played like veterans. To quote Willy Nelson, 'Momma, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys,' and with the Houston Texans, the pro football team, we now have a new sheriff in town.”