healthcare for fellow texas. i have a separate program working on job creation. this particular program though greta is essential that we keep texas a safe place. texas, we believe, in enforcing the laws and that means enforcing the laws on the border. we still have gangs and cartels who penetrate the texas border and, greta, they operate not just across the state of texas, they spread their tentacles across the entire united states of america. texas is on the front line of this cross border crime. as governor, i will step up and do something about it as opposed to what my opponent will not do. she also takes you on in her piece or op. ed she said you mentioned education. she says that your only plan for texas education has been to defend a a billion in cuts to neighborhood schools. to the contrary, greta. my plan for education is has a higher aspiration than any governor in the state of texas has every reached. my plan for education in texas is to elevate texas to be number one
she s going to do it, she s wearing flats. turned out to be right. that was from the first time that texas democratic state senator wendy davis brought the state of texas to a standstill with a one-woman filibuster. that was 2011 when she single handedly saved billions of dollars for education in texas by filibustering republican efforts to cut that funding. filibustering in texas is hard. the rules say only one person can filibuster, so you can t trade off with a colleague to get any relief. you cannot sit down. you cannot eat. you cannot touch the podium or the desk where you are standing. you cannot lean on anything. you cannot leave even for a second for any reason including having to go to the bathroom. you cannot just read the telephone book. you have to stay on the topic of the bill you are filibustering. filibustering in texas is hard, so, yeah, do not wear high heels if you are going to do it. having learned that lesson the last time, today in the texas legislature, that sam
people were tweeting about your shoes. whether you wore shoes for standing. right. as you can see, i have my typical shoes on right now. no filibuster today? no filibuster today, but when i came on that night, i had flat shoes on. it s the first time i ve worn flat shoes on the senate floor. one of the reporters, one of the female reporters, i bet she s going to do it, she s wearing flats. turned out to be right. that was from the first time that texas democratic state senator wendy davis brought the state of texas to a standstill with a one-woman filibuster. that was 2011 when she single handedly saved billions of dollars for education in texas by filibustering republican efforts to cut that funding. filibustering in texas is hard. the rules say only one person can filibuster, so you can t trade off with a colleague to get any relief. you cannot sit down. you cannot eat. you cannot touch the podium or the desk where you are standing. you cannot lean on anything. you cannot l
the female reporters, i bet she s going to do it, she s wearing flats. turned out to be right. that was from the first time that texas democratic state senator wendy davis brought the state of texas to a standstill with a one-woman filibuster. that was 2011 when she single handedly saved billions of dollars for education in texas by filibustering republican efforts to cut that funding. filibustering in texas is hard. the rules say only one person can filibuster, so you can t trade off with a colleague to get any relief. you cannot sit down. you cannot eat. you cannot touch the podium or the desk where you are standing. you cannot lean on anything. you cannot leave even for a second for any reason including having to go to the bathroom. you cannot just read the telephone book. you have to stay on the topic of the bill you are filibustering. filibustering in texas is hard, so, yeah, do not wear high heels if you are going to do it. having learned that lesson the last time, today in the
you teach your kids always to get the best education possible because they can be who or whatever they want to be. being a government and economics teacher, i teach them that america is one of the most thriving countries, and, you know, innovative countries in the world. and that every basically every other country that wants to have, basically, the type of government, economic system we have and then i have to turn around and say, but you know what, at this point, now, we re at a in a position where we are never seen this type of thing before. where there are positions of police nursing, doctors, teachers losing jobs at a record rate. governor perry slashed $1.3 billion out of education in texas. are you part of that? is that how you lost your job? absolutely. how about the president today? how did he connect with the people? were you impressed?