It's a Tenth Amendment issue. If you want Washington, if you want to implement their standards, that's your call... We certainly had higher standards than Common Core, so it was a very easy decision for Texans, myself and the legislature included, to basically say we still believe that Texans know how to best run Texas.
Rick PerryI'm all about job creation. That's what I've done for ten years as the governor of Texas, and that's what I'm focused on.
Rick Perry