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
Border state governors are in a position to shine light on these issues and get the ball moving forward.
Just about everyone in our state is demanding that leaders do something about the quality of education in our public schools.
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.
Penn State is Penn State, and I like what they stand for, ... I didn't want to miss their climb to the top.
I want to see how the Arizona plan works out, utilizing the National Guard. It would be more expensive for the state of Texas, ... but if it's successful there, I think we're going to have to perhaps consider that type of plan.
High-stakes testing has basically guided the curriculum in public schools all across the state of Texas and has left us with the highest drop out rate in the entire country -- around 40 percent.
I'm running because the State of Texas finds itself in last place in too many categories.
Ethics in government has always been important to me.
I've always opposed vouchers, and I will continue opposing vouchers. Texas won't have the best public schools in the country if we're raiding their funding to send kids to private schools.
I want an across-the-board pay raise with a dependable funding source.
Texas is still every bit as great as it ever was. We simply need leaders bold enough to release its greatness.
Texas has a lot of challenges, but if I choose to run I will talk about opening democracy to mainstream Texans and not just to a closed circle of entrenched ideologues.
To be honest with you, all of this stuff we have been hearing in the council chamber the last two weeks would have greater impact if it hadn't been orchestrated by the administration,
I would love it if every talk show let me say whatever I pleased.