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
I'm running because the State of Texas finds itself in last place in too many categories.
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.
Texas is still every bit as great as it ever was. We simply need leaders bold enough to release its greatness.
Democrats all across Texas know we need to get serious about solutions. That's why I've proposed my Pact with Parents that addresses major challenges of our day, whether it's the quality of public schools, property tax relief, insurance rates, teen pregnancy, stem cell research, credit companies or insurance. It's a roadmap for how we can get from here to there.
I guess what bothers me so much about what I now see going on in both Washington and in Texas is an effort to keep people from finding out about the mistakes of lawmakers and then when they're uncovered, an effort to fool people and pretend there was nothing wrong.
If Rick Perry gets his way in Austin, schools in Beaumont and across Texas will suffer.
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.
My motive for running is to get Texas out of the 'Thank God for Mississippi' club.
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.
I have no problem with battling for a position. I have no problem trying to beat somebody out. It's a sport, competition, so I'm used to it.
I have no problem with battling for a position, ... I have no problem trying to beat somebody out. It's a sport, competition, so I'm used to it.
I like the way that shakes out. I like the numbers.
What is realistic is to tax every business fairly. Only one in eight of Texas' businesses are paying for a franchise tax. The right way is to spread the tax out evenly; the wrong way is to protect special interest.
Ethics in government has always been important to me.