I've asked Congress to provide $12.2 billion in federal funds to respond to these storms.

I want to discuss welfare, education, I want to discuss the juvenile justice system.

They need to put the stake in the heart of the death tax forever.

What I want to do is to send flexibility and authority to the local folks so you can choose what to do with the money. One size does not fit all.

This is a huge difference between Governor Richards and me. She is satisfied with the status quo in the welfare system, I'm not.

Mixed signals are the wrong signals to send to the people in Iraq.

That was evident in one major debate 10 years ago, which helped put him in the Texas governor mansion.

Nothing has been done to change a juvenile justice system.

I am not a fine tuner. And therefore the fact that I haven't held political office, in my opinion, gives me the freedom to think differently than someone who has spent her entire career in public office.

Free the schools from the clutches of the Texas education agency and let them design the program that best fits the needs of each and every local community. One size does not fit all in the state of Texas.

Later this week, I'm going to have an opportunity to debate my opponent. Been a little tough to prepare for the debates, because he keeps changing his positions.

I think he could spend 90 minutes debating himself.