Quotes of the Week

Let me go on the record here for a moment; we’re not going to be expanding Medicaid in Texas. The reason is because it’s a broken system. It’s moving our state, and I’ll just speak to our state, towards bankruptcy if we expand the current program.

Gov. Rick Perry, quoted by the Houston Chronicle from a speech to the Texas State Society

I think it is attributable, very likely attributable, to a phenomenon that is called perpetuation of racial entitlement.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, during oral arguments in Shelby County v. Holder

Spending cuts are no excuse for releasing thousands of criminals and illegal immigrants into our communities. The administration is either incompetent and unable to prioritize spending, or reckless. Neither is acceptable.

U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, after learning that the Obama administration had released hundreds of low-risk undocumented immigrants from detention centers in the wake of looming budget cuts

Ted will never forget his third point.

Pollster and UT professor Daron Shaw, on Ted Cruz's debating skills, in the Austin American-Statesman

Who else you know drives a Prius with a Romney sticker? It’s like a Volvo with a gun rack.

Former Rep.-turned-college-chancellor Brian McCall, on House Speaker Joe Straus

I had a blast. The day was beautiful. I ran into people. I had a hot dog. I was very, very happy to be there.

Comptroller Susan Combs, asked by Texas Monthly if she felt vindicated for her early support when the F1 race was held in Austin last year

The University of Texas will change its colors to maroon and white before Texas goes purple, much less blue.

Gov. Rick Perry, talking about a "Battleground Texas" campaign by Democrats in the Wall Street Journal