Kathy Walt Quotations

Until we know specifically when he plans to resign his seat, there are too many moving parts to say what will happen.

What they're facing with their daughter's cancer is something that no family should have to go through. It's so sad. The situation as they described it, the governor talked with them and asked them questions.

The plan they have been discussing will provide a record property tax cut and will provide a stable, long-term source of funding for public schools while reflecting the Texas economy of the 21st century.

She will say or do anything to stop a property tax cut for Texans in order to advance her political agenda. No one has elected her to provide legal opinions.

Obviously from Governor Perry's standpoint, Texas is going to lend a helping hand and take care of those who have been devastated,

I have found sufficient reason to indefinitely stop all payments to the firm.

I don't know of a single teacher in Texas who wouldn't welcome the possibility of getting a raise of $10,000, and if the head of a labor union wants to demean and diminish the hard work and the value of teachers, then he or she should be ashamed.

I don't understand their objection to consumers hearing about the plan other than the fact that they don't want the Legislature to succeed.

If the student wants to review mentally to get ready for a test or pray silently, they can. The law does not set it up specifically as a moment for prayer.

He has decided, at least for the time being, that taking a more focused approach is better.

He established the council, as he said at the time, to get recommendations to enhance public confidence in the criminal justice system. He's aware that (eyewitness identification) is one of the issues they're looking at.

We're preparing for potential inland flooding and tornadoes.

Her work is so shoddy and incompetent, she didn't even know how to track payments.

He certainly is aware of who we hired. But decisions are made more at the staff level.

People are sick and tired of political attacks from Washington politicians who are more worried about getting media attention than in solving problems.

We have another hurricane season starting June 1, and there are too many issues and too many Texas lives that could be affected if we do not address these issues prior to the start of the hurricane season.

Well (expletive). Colley doesn't have the authority to call out the national guard. Only the governor does. This kind of (expletive) has been going on all day.

Whether indeed members of the Mexican military crossed into Texas, or they were thugs dressed up as Mexican military, the incident is unacceptable and troubling.

The question is, did they achieve the goals that were set out for them? Did they do the work? And I think they did. We've seen increased funding for Texas since the consultants were hired.

We shouldn't be subsidizing them if they're working here illegally. Giving employers a deduction off of their tax liability is tantamount to subsidizing them.

The governor thinks that with full and open disclosure that voters are astute enough to make the decision. They can look at campaign finance reports and make their own decisions on whether it was an appropriate contribution or an appropriate amount.

The governor thinks it's a very important issue to be in D.C. to testify before the committee on all of the actions Texas took between Hurricane Katrina and Rita and the financial impact those actions had on our state and continue to have on our state.

The governor has indicated that his primary interest and focus right now will be on addressing the Supreme Court ruling.

The governor has already asked his appointees to various licensing boards for professionals, including doctors, nurses and dentists, to set up arrangements so they can begin to practice their professions in Texas,

The governor does believe in having a single person who can make the call in disaster situations.

The governor didn't make his decision on who to appoint until just recently.

With his Hollywood looks, he was typecast to play the governor of the great state of Texas,

We felt very strongly that we needed a more bipartisan approach.

We certainly have been monitoring it at the governor's level and it is a concern, just as an increase in violence in the adult prison system would be a concern.

As the governor has said, once he has a bill or bills on his desk that substantially reduce property taxes and reform the business franchise tax, he'll open the call to other issues.

The state's hiring of a bipartisan lobby team helped us secure $5 billion in additional federal funding for Texas.

The state is not going to restrict their First Amendment rights, just as we don't restrict the political giving of thousands of people who contract with the state of Texas.

Once there is a bill on his desk addressing that, he's willing to open it to other issues.

This is still a legal matter and I think it would be the wrong time for the governor to weigh in. Let's let the legal system work.

There's a very good reason that right now the focus is on property tax reduction, and that is because the governor and the leadership see it as the way to address the Supreme Court mandate.

There's been a whole lot of disaster planning that has occurred since 1998, and what the governor has directed . . . is to pre-position assets, firefighters and equipment in location so they can be moved as quickly as possible to areas that have the need.

It's a little early to know what will be in the 2007 budget proposal from Gov. Perry. It's a concept the governor supports and issues he believes are important to that sector of the Texas economy.

It's way too early to determine the long-term impact, financial or otherwise.

They are going to start issuing debit cards, $2,000 per adult, today (Wednesday) at the Astrodome.

They are going to start issuing debit cards, $2,000 per adult, today at the Astrodome.

They were priorities last June, and they remain priorities today.

Once again, we're saying here are these people in your community, and here's their criminal history. Beyond that, we have no jurisdiction to place them on supervision in Texas.

The intent certainly is that people whose taxes are frozen would see the same level of property tax deductions.

If paying $500,000 to a firm ... gets Texas $50 million in aid in one bill, that's a good return on our money.

Instead of worrying about who gets credit for our recent successes, maybe these Washington Democrats should be spending more time preventing the federal government from shortchanging us by $2 billion on hurricane relief.

I have real concern developing about lawlessness breaking out in Texas as a result of our generosity. We need to make certain we do not exceed our ability to provide necessities for those we are agreeing to take. What's the plan for those who see the Astrodome as their rightful home for the next 90 days? What's the plan for handling increase in prison/jail population?

His assumption that anyone with money could use the room is incorrect. It was made available because they (lawmakers) were in session. He wanted to meet with a number of legislators who, frankly, were probably on the floor at that time.

Charter schools, as a matter of law, have always been exempted from the accountability system, and the 65 percent requirement is part of the financial accountability system. We don't know that there is an administrative way around it, but certainly if there is a way that Gov. Perry administratively can achieve that, he certainly will do that.

I don't think the e-mails quite capture the intensity of those moments. In addition to e-mail traffic, there were phone calls going on. It was kind of multitasking to the nth degree. Tensions were high. Everybody knew what was at stake.

Governor Perry has been the most open book in terms of a long-standing history of releasing his complete tax returns for years so the public is able to totally examine his sources of income.

These aren't easy decisions. He spends a lot of time on them.