Perry, Gallego, Van de Putte, Ogden, Eiland, Grusendorf, Anchia, Brimer, Abbott, Goolsby, and NelsonGov. Rick Perry, with a long answer about slow negotiations over school finance and taxes, and about House Speaker Tom Craddick's "tensions are running high" quote in a press release: "We are five days from the end of a legislative session... Name me one session of the Legislature when tensions were not running high. That's what we do here. We run high tensions. That's just the way it is -- the way it's supposed to be. The fact of the matter is, these two bodies [House and Senate] work well together. The conferees are working together on HB 2, on HB 3, the budget work is getting done. We've got a worker's comp bill. We've got an asbestos bill. I don't know how big the mountain's got to be before we say, 'Heck of a session,' but we're really close to it." Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, in The Dallas Morning News: "In a contest of wills, the House has an iron will, and the Senate ranges anywhere from frozen butter to melted butter. But it's still butter." Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, during the debate on putting the existing ban on same-sex marriages into the state constitution: "If you really want to strengthen marriage, then let's put in the constitution that all marriages at least have to have some sex." Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, explaining to another senator why part of a tax bill would be disallowed by the rules of the lower chamber: "I'm not 100 percent sure if anybody understands what a valid point of order is in the House. It just would be." Rep. Craig Eiland, D-Galveston, telling the House that proposed changes to teacher retirement packages would not affect current teachers (and other school workers): "If you're a sophomore in college, and you're thinking about your retirement, pay attention." Rep. Kent Grusendorf, R-Arlington, talking up a pilot program for private school vouchers: "Every public school that participated would have more money per student than they have today." Rep. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, asking Rep. Kent Grusendorf, R-Arlington, why he and voucher proponent Linda Harper-Brown, R-Irving, picked the school districts they picked for a pilot program: "If it's such a great idea, why don't you do this in your school districts? You're asking us to throw away millions of dollars in state money without any oversight." Sen. Kim Brimer, R-Fort Worth, calling the vote on a proposal to increase campaign finance reporting for school trustees: "The vote is 6 Ayes and 25 Nays. That sucker's dead." Attorney General Greg Abbott, on finding that the state has supplied Viagra to nearly 200 convicted sex offenders who receive Medicaid benefits: "That is the same as handing a can of gasoline to an arsonist and providing the match to start the fire." Rep. Tony Goolsby, R-Dallas, quoted in The Dallas Morning News on whether "life without parole" will mean the end of the death penalty in Texas: "If the prosecution is up to snuff, they'll get the death penalty, if it's a good case and they put on a good show." Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Lewisville, when Sen. Ken Armbrister, D-Victoria, said a midnight legislative deadline should be ignored for his gambling legislation because it wasn't yet midnight in Las Vegas: "But senator, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas."