Our challenge is to stop people from driving drunk. Punishing them afterwards doesn't bring back the victim or make the family feel better. The idea is to stop the DWI before it happens.

We have a two-party system that I think can work well if people make an effort.

One of the things in my experience about changing parties: There are very few exceptions to the general rule. And the general rule has been, people are going to invite you into the church, but they are not going to make you a deacon.

This is pool. This is setting up your next shot, and I always want to make sure when we're setting up San Antonio's next shot we have a good shot at making sure that we continue to build our infrastructure in such a way that San Antonio will be a player for years to come in national defense issues.

As the polarization in D.C. spreads, the people willing to come to the middle find less and less acceptance.

Our voting records are not necessarily the same, but, you know, we're all Texans, and at the end of the day, we try to help each other out.