My views on everything from welfare to a balanced budget to affirmative action can be traced to what Buddy and Helen Watts taught me as a young boy growing up poor but proud in Eufaula.
J. C. WattsA Black man voting for the Republicans makes about as much sense as a chicken voting for Col. Sanders.
J. C. WattsEducation is a bipartisan issue that concern all communities of color and should be first, last and always about the student learning.
J. C. WattsMy work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.
J. C. WattsI'm not one that believes that affirmative action should be based on one's skin color or one's gender, I think it should be done based on one's need, because I think if you are from a poor white community, I think that poor white kid needs a scholarship just as badly as a poor black kid.
J. C. Watts