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 do not begrudge anyone his or her power until they start abusing it.
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.
I was very impressed with the facilities here. I can see why it has been called the best of its kind in the world.
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.
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.
My motive for running is to get Texas out of the 'Thank God for Mississippi' club.
We need roads, we all know that. What we don't need is to have our land taken away to benefit private business.
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 would love it if every talk show let me say whatever I pleased.
Penn State is Penn State, and I like what they stand for, ... I didn't want to miss their climb to the top.
We've been handed an incredible opportunity and the trick will be getting people to recognize that fact.
It's becoming increasingly obvious that Rick Perry just doesn't get it, that he doesn't understand that budgets are moral documents, that there are human costs attached to fiscal decisions,