Boyle, Dewhurst, Ogden, Ogden again, Dutton, and McReynoldsCarolyn Boyle, coordinator of the Coalition for Public Schools, quoted in The Dallas Morning News on a school voucher measure moving in the state House: "Legislators need to do the math. We can't afford to take away money from public schools to subsidize private schools in Texas." Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, from the dais toward the end of a long day: "Senator West, for what purpose do you rise?" Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas: "Um, Mr. President, it's my bill." Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, during the Senate's debate over a tax bill, opposing a change to the state's inheritance tax: "I want more people in the top decile." Ogden, explaining during that same debate that he dropped the idea of a state property tax to pay for schools because his fellow senators wouldn't go along: "The pesky thing about a constitutional amendment is that it takes 21 votes." Rep. Harold Dutton, D-Houston, arguing to preserve the law that requires Texas universities to show preference to students in the top 10 percent of their high school classes: "The University of Texas wants to be an all-white university... I think they are trying to give us the middle finger." Rep. Jim McReynolds, D-Lufkin, during a hearing on laser hair removal before the House's Public Health Committee: "In East Texas we use four-times Nair and a pair of tweezers for this problem."