There's no such thing as anybody who can't be beat; everybody can be beat. It's a question of how hard you're willing to work. It's a question of the environment, the surroundings. Frankly, there's a lot of issues with timing.
PACs don't vote in the district; people do.
I saw how hard my parents worked, and I didn't want to be a freeloader.
In Mexico, they don't have birth certificates... They don't have registration cards for voters. They have one national ID. We don't have a national ID.
Because fossil fuels are not only a finite resource but hazardous to the environment, it is imperative that we diversify the resources used in generating electricity.
Every decision I make in Congress will be centered on the needs of the district.
I didn't come to Washington to be part of the problem.
Our voting records are not necessarily the same, but, you know, we're all Texans, and at the end of the day, we try to help each other out.
HB 2 leaves 90% of the children behind. The disconnect between this bill and the basic needs of Texas schoolchildren is appalling.
I told the president 'no' to special treatment for Congress when he tried to exempt them from Obamacare.
Obama's very unpopular. I don't need a poll to tell me that.
How do you defend inaction in the face of crisis? How is that defensible for anybody?
We've made our living for a long time on commerce and trade at the border.
If immigration reform doesn't happen, that doesn't say good things about our democracy, that everybody wants it, but Congress couldn't pass it.
There's this fight for the heart and soul of the Republican Party, and until that fight gets settled - because they're the majority - there's a lot of things that are pretty much on hold.
California - with more cars, more drivers and more people - still has less DWI-related deaths than Texas does.
This is pool. This is setting up your next shot, and I always want to make sure when we're setting up San Antonio's next shot we have a good shot at making sure that we continue to build our infrastructure in such a way that San Antonio will be a player for years to come in national defense issues.
Here's the thing about Texas - and the thing about the border. We all know undocumented immigrants. They sit in our churches, are friends with our children, and work all around us. They are just like us.
The policy of the future cannot forever be determined by the politics of the past - or even the present.
I was impressed by the capability and talent and intellect of our troops on the ground. These kids are really impressive.
