“The fact that the Legislature has to approve the budget for an agency that oversees their activities is kind of a conflict of interest.”
Theis Finlev
“The fact that people have a place to come for some compensation of crime is commendable of our state Legislature.”
Cheryle M. Hall
“We will be present in the next legislature and all legislatures after that fighting for more funding for UK.”
Charles Wells
“If it's all about money, if our entire Texas Legislature is just kind of up for bid to who can put the most money into campaigns, that's sad.”
Carolyn Boyle
“The Republican governor and the Republican majority in the Legislature are unable to close that out. The fact they have failed to deal with public education, either education reforms or funding, has come home to roost.”
Cal Jillson
“I think the Legislature recognized that it had to do something with levee boards, and I think they kind of left the other out there to dry. I think there's a lot of support for those things, but I just don't think there's any enthusiasm inside of the Legislature.”
Barry Erwin
“We have serious constitutional concerns about how the legislature drafted this portion of their budget. And I would not venture to speculate on whether the governor will veto this item.”
John Sweeney
