Chris Bell
Chris Bell
Robert Christopher "Chris" Bellis an American politician, attorney, and former journalist. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and South Texas College of Law. Bell served five years on the Houston City Council from 1997 to 2001, followed by one term in the United States House of Representatives from Texas' 25th Congressional District in Houston from 2003 to 2005. He was then the Democratic nominee in the 2006 election for the office of Governor of Texas,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth23 November 1959
CountryUnited States of America
This is why we need ethics reform now. Rick Perry is trying to sell a school finance plan that has no new money for schools, and he's raising corporate money to do it.
This is exactly the boost my campaign needed going forward as we begin to climb the higher mountain.
Some people have an ongoing poker game. We had an ongoing Twister game.
Someone shouts food fight; food starts flying; management comes and tells us to get out or we're calling the police.
That's when we got hit with the highest tuition increases in the country. At A&M-Texarkana, tuition and fees went up 48 percent. Students are now paying an extra $1,030 a year because of Rick Perry's tuition deregulation, which has been an absolute failure.
A revenue-neutral proposal is like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
We need roads, we all know that. What we don't need is to have our land taken away to benefit private business.
I'm running because the State of Texas finds itself in last place in too many categories.
I have no problem with battling for a position. I have no problem trying to beat somebody out. It's a sport, competition, so I'm used to it.
I have no problem with battling for a position, ... I have no problem trying to beat somebody out. It's a sport, competition, so I'm used to it.
I like the way that shakes out. I like the numbers.
If Rick Perry gets his way in Austin, schools in Beaumont and across Texas will suffer.
I don't pretend to be perfect; I've made mistakes just like everybody else. When I have, I've owned up to the mistakes and moved forward.
By raiding the surplus to pay for a property-tax cut, Perry is proposing a plan that is still $1 billion short of inadequate because it forgets one very important thing: schools.