When Texans suffered from the collapse of the oil market in the 1980s, they could rely on the fiscal union to help them. When Texas boomed with rising oil prices in the 2000s, it contributed to the union to help harder hit regions.
Austan Goolsbee
Washington is out of control, and it's time for Texans to stand up and stop them.
Bill Flores
I serve and answer to the Texans I represent - not the Hollywood elite.
Blake Farenthold
I've always gotten along well with Texans. You've got to.
Burt Reynolds
Texas has a lot of challenges, but if I choose to run I will talk about opening democracy to mainstream Texans and not just to a closed circle of entrenched ideologues.
Chris Bell
Serving 27 million Texans spread across 254 counties and two time zones isn't a job for those who require a lot of sleep.
Don Willett
You don't find anyone like Texans anywhere else in the world.
Edward Albert
Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans.
Edward Hoagland
Jim Hightower, Ann Richards - there are quite a few intelligent regular Texans.
Fred Schneider
You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.
George Carlin
It has never been a good idea to try to disarm Texans.
George P. Bush
It is difficult to conduct flood mitigation at the federal level because of the bureaucracy and inconsistent funding. Texans are better able to lead this effort at the state level rather than rely on the federal government.
I am constantly reminded that as Texans, we are exceptional people.
Texans will not be pushed around.
Texans fear no one.
Texans have in common with Australians, in that they are quite strong, hardy people.
Jerry Hall
New Yorkers have their own way of speaking, their own tempo, and Texans are a lot like that. As much as you think Texas is one thing and New York is another, they're very much the same.
Jerry Jeff Walker
A lot of Texans go up to New York and stay there forever. If there are any two places with more individual characters, I don't know them.
Texans know how to make people feel welcome.
Joanna Gaines
Texans are by nature independent people.
Joe Barton
Texas is so wrapped up in myth and legend, it's hard to know what the state and its people are really about. Real Texans, raised on these myths and legends, sometimes become legends themselves.
People in my town were not that into reading, but the overblown way Texans told stories was important.
When in Texas, do as the Texans do: Drive trucks, wear cowboy boots, and two-step!
Texans should not be taxed on our taxes.
I'm loyal and I think most Texans are very loyal, but I'm also stubborn.
For my parents, leaving the close social quarters of Abilene was like getting out of jail. They were not true West Texans; they had not come to love the unending monotony of mesquite barrens or the high, hot blue sky that made sunsets a matter of prayerful thankfulness.
As a member of the House Armed Services Committee and the Congressional Joint Strike Fighter Caucus, I have been a staunch supporter of the production of the F-35 since day one and understand the importance of its production for my fellow Texans and our nation's security.
I caught a break and took an entry-level job with the Houston Texans when I was 28.
Our community in North Texas is fortunate to have two thriving airports. We serve millions of satisfied customers and employ hundreds of thousands of North Texans. We should not jeopardize that which is working well already.
In the Steven F. Austin Colony, which was the first colony, Texans first established a provisional government in 1835 with the intention of writing a declaration of independence soon after.
Texans and independent voters like to vote for somebody who is going to buck the status quo, and isn't going to do as he is told.
Ted Cruz cut his teeth politically in Texas on disrupting the Republican establishment, and Texans love a fighter. It's the same thing that has made me successful is that when people look at me, they see a fighter, somebody who takes on the establishment, who isn't intimidated, and is willing to kick through doors.
Texans deserve a senator who represents our values, strength, courage, independence - putting Texas first.
I didn't get a pilot slot my first time trying. We Texans don't give up easy, and everything we've accomplished is just the beginning.
I'm very confident, that I'm going to be able to deliver better leadership to Texas than John Cornyn does - more reflective of Texas values than we are of D.C. values, which is what John Cornyn represents to most Texans.
I think provincialism is an endemic characteristic with mankind, I think everybody everywhere is provincial, but it is particularly striking with Texans, and we tend to be very Texcentric.
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.
When rough times have fallen upon our state in the past, Texans have always responded with generosity and an eagerness to help. The compassionate response to the fires has proven that this community spirit is alive and well.
I knew more about Texas than the Texans and when they told me I would find summer here I smiled knowingly.
Most Texans think Hanukkah is some sort of duck call.
I supported Arizona's immigration law by joining in that lawsuit to defend it. Every day I have Texans on that border that are doing their job.
No one except Hollywood stars and very rich Texans wore Indian jewelry. And there was a plethora of dozens if not hundreds of athletic teams that in essence were insulting us, from grade schools to college. That's all changed.
We are witnessing a great awakening. Millions of Texans, millions of Americans are rising up to reclaim our country, to defend liberty and to restore the Constitution.
What I try to keep an eye on is I don't work for the party bosses in Washington. I work for 26 million Texans.
And the people I have been accountable to every single day in the Senate are the 27 million Texans who I represent and I made a promise to them that I make to you today, which is, if I am elected, every single day I will do two things: tell the truth, and do what I said I would do.
I could not pass up the opportunity to build and operate a casino next door to my hometown. This casino will be where Louisiana locals and Texans will want to play, stay, and enjoy themselves.
