Rick Perry
Rick Perry
James Richard "Rick" Perryis an American politician who served as the 47th Governor of Texas from December 2000 to January 2015. A Republican, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 1998 and assumed the governorship in December 2000 when then-governor George W. Bush resigned to become president. Perry was the longest-serving governor in Texas history...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth4 March 1950
CityPaint Creek, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Natural disasters recognize no state boundaries, and neither should FEMA, ... Texas is willing to work and do our part, but FEMA has to sit down and come up with a long-term, thoughtful plan.
It's no longer, I think, the boy calling wolf.
It's pretty simple for me. ... I'm a Christian, and this is about values, ... My beliefs are that a man and woman are what make up the meaning of marriage.
That marriage is the union between a man and a woman is a truth known to each one of us already, and any attempt to allow same-sex marriages is a detriment to the family unit and hurts our state and nation.
We're playing it by ear. We have a massive emergency in south Louisiana.
We're going to pull together so that these families can find as much normalcy as we can. We're going to get through this together as one American family.
If you're looking for a slick politician or a guy with great teleprompter skills, we already have that. He's destroying our economy. I'm a doer, not a talker.
We want to avoid traffic gridlock. So again, we can't say enough times to those I know are ready to go back to their homes: Please stay where you are.
This order means schools that do not currently meet this standard will be spending more dollars on items like classroom computers and technology, science lab equipment, books and instructional materials or even higher teacher salaries,
This legislation will give Texas judges their first pay increase in several years and help keep qualified, experienced men and women on the bench meeting the needs of Texas,
This is (former Texas governor George W.) Bush's prison system, she said.
Day in and day out, there are pieces of legislation that members don't agree with, ... The democratic process is to debate and vote them. Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. All the people of the state of Texas are asking is to let democracy ... work.
Coastal Texans should not wait until late Thursday or early Friday to leave. Homes and businesses can be rebuilt. Lives cannot.
Hopefully, they'll be back in production very soon,