J. C. Watts
J. C. Watts
Julius Caesar "J. C." Watts, Jr.is an American politician from Oklahoma who was a college football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners and later played professionally in the Canadian Football League. Watts served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 as a Republican, representing Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 November 1957
CountryUnited States of America
addition additional begin care expand found money system
In addition to the money they found for us, there was additional money allocated to begin to expand the system of care statewide.
jobs opportunity investment
There can't be opportunity or jobs without investment and profit.
writing years skills
If a 25-year old can't read and write and he or she isn't gaining marketable skills, it doesn't matter if a Republican or a Democrat is in the White House. His or her future will be bleak.
community problem hungry
Americans are hungry for a discussion on policy solutions to the problems in their communities that work.
teacher children believe
I believe government should be loyal to parents, teachers and children.
color issues community
Education is a bipartisan issue that concern all communities of color and should be first, last and always about the student learning.
house trying foundation
Having a Republican candidate speak at the NAACP convention is like trying to build a house starting at the roof. If you don't have a foundation, the roof isn't going to stand.
white people black
You always hear 'black Republican,' but you never hear 'white Democrat.' We've got to get beyond the labels and stereotypes. Other people have hang-ups about it. I don't.
party games community
For longer than I've been involved in the political process, the Republican establishment has claimed to want to provide an alternative for the black community, yet party elite refuse to show up for the game.
dream country people
One of the Republicans' major products is dream making. People are dying to get into this country... not out of it.
uncles thinking race
They said that I had sold out and (am an) Uncle Tom. And I said well, they deserve to have that view. But I have my thoughts. And I think they're race-hustling poverty pimps.
years organization focus
Well, Mark, I led the charge for five or six years to get reforms for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I was chairman of an organization called 'FM Policy Focus.' What we were saying was, if there was blip in the housing market, Fannie and Freddie would destabilize the greatest economy in the world.
diversity republican ifs
If diversity is O.K. for God, it ought to be O.K. for Republicans.
ladders ifs moved
I don't know if anybody has moved up the ladder more quickly than I have.