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
The American people expect public servants to be able to police themselves. But instead of designing a system to enforce ethical conduct, Tom Delay and his cohorts have implemented a self protection system. Obviously, it wasn't good for democracy.
I think there was some burgers, and I know there was some french fries. I had been in school for two weeks. That's why my parents were so pleased, getting off to such a glorious start. Getting thrown in the clink in the first month.
Penn State is Penn State, and I like what they stand for, ... I didn't want to miss their climb to the top.
Just about everyone in our state is demanding that leaders do something about the quality of education in our public schools.
Spread the burden evenly and require businesses in Texas, where we have a very favorable business environment to pay more of their fair share.
The American people do not begrudge anyone his or her power until they start abusing it.
We can't treat teachers like glorified test monitors and pay them accordingly if we want to have any hope of keeping teachers in classrooms,
We've been handed an incredible opportunity and the trick will be getting people to recognize that fact.
The DeLay story struck a nerve with people all across the United States because Tom DeLay put a face to what Walt Whitman called "the never-ending audacity of elected persons." Suddenly, they could see corruption up close.
We're going to have to get past our defeatist attitude if we're going to win again.
When you're trying to move away from a system that is overburdened with loopholes, you don't replace it with a system with still more loopholes.
If Tom DeLay really wants to see the source of his problems, he needs to look in the mirror. He chose this path, and now he's paying the price.
He felt strongly that there was an effort being made to allow corporations to hijack the electoral process.
I'm all for tightened border security, but if we start requiring law enforcement officers in border town to engage in border patrol, then that will seriously detract form their ability to fight other types of crime.