Don Stewart, a spokesman for U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, telling The New York Times about the public reaction to Republican proposals to send every taxpayer $100 to offset high gasoline prices: "The conservatives think it is socialist bunk, and the liberals think it is conservative trickery." Attorney Randall "Buck" Wood, quoted by the Houston Chronicle telling a federal judge he's not worried people have signed petitions for his client, Carole Keeton Strayhorn, and also for Kinky Friedman: "My client is not soliciting signatures in bars and dance halls, and Mr. Friedman is not soliciting signatures among teachers or around schools." Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Craig Enoch, quoted in the Midland Reporter-Telegram on whether there will be challenges to whatever lawmakers do with school finance in this special session: "I don't think there's any question." Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn, after Attorney General Greg Abbott said she doesn't have the legal authority to review state agencies: "I was asked by a legislator to investigate the Texas Residential Construction Commission. I did it, and if the Attorney General wants to take me to court, let's go." Texas Secretary of State Roger Williams, whose office regulates elections and health clubs, among other things, quoted in the Houston Chronicle: "If I can't get you in a hot tub, I want you in the voting booth."