There are no so-called earmarks, where members come in and ask you for something, … That was our position, and the members understood that.

There’s no question he’s one of the better players in the Big 12. He has unbelievable quickness off the ball. He would have had a ton of sacks if we could have contained the quarterback.

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I personally feel that I got elected to do a job. I am not one to succumb to political pressure or what’s politically correct. I have to go out and do what I think is...

Every single person deserves to have a school named after them,

I like to bring in people who might give you a different perspective than from reading the book.

That’s a huge issue. Like in our league, other teams can talk about winning championships. With our number situation, we’ve got to look to try to win four games.

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For a while, all the mines were shutting down and now it seems like there is a change in it. And they’re reopening it and we need something here.

They are not riders. They are limitations on the use of funds,

We made the request to the president to get engaged, and it was his decision not to,

It will be more important in eight or nine years when the NFL is behind him. I hope he doesn’t lose sight of that.

This is a global war on terror, and if we don’t win the battle in Iraq, where else might we win it or, where else might we have to fight it?