Let's make sure that we are working for age-appropriate sex education in our school system.

While Texas women have the right to safe, legal abortion, in reality there are already very few facilities in Texas to provide this essential care. In 2008, 92 percent of Texas counties had no abortion provider.

I would be lying if I told you that I hadn't had aspirations to run for a statewide office.

Texas Republican political leaders take perverse pride in how deeply they have cut our state's education budget. Thousands of teachers have been pulled from classrooms, schools have closed and valuable programs have been canceled. In many places, districts are forced to choose between prekindergarten programs and English, algebra and art.

Texas deserves a leader who understands that making education a priority creates good jobs for Texans and keeps Texas on top.

You won't change things unless you are prepared to fight, even if you don't win. But I do hate losing.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - what a joke. In my district, we caught them lying to us about the results of air quality studies in the Barnett Shale. They are playing with the health and safety of our communities, and we are going to tell them that is not acceptable.