A biography for Dan Crenshawhasn’t been written yet.
“Houston's been getting flooded for a very long time. We always have to prepare for disasters and we have to do this in a very bipartisan way.”
“Flooding is the most urgent issue that Houstonians are facing.”
“I have a thick skin.”
“This is the way that I like to phrase it: we want to focus on 100% of the problem, and you can only focus on 100% of global emissions if you have technology that is exportable, clean, reliable, and cheap.”
“The asylum process is being completely taken advantage of.”
“I know from my experience as a Navy SEAL that barriers work.”
“You have to tackle the real drivers of debt - that's mandatory spending, not discretionary.”
“Why can't we give the American people a break and separate humor from politics?”
“You can say that your ideas are bad for America, and frankly un-American, but don't say the person is a traitor.”
“I dreamed even after I laid down my rifle I would continue to uphold my oath to defend the Constitution.”
“If you think my idea is awful, you should say as much. But there is a difference between attacking an idea and attacking the person behind that idea.”
“I mean, the idea of a government shutdown, it's a consequence of our system.”
“Making sure that due process could not be abused is at the heart of any conservative solution to the supposed red flag laws.”
“There are a lot of veterans out there who would not think their wounds would be the source of poor jokes in bad taste to a hysterically laughing audience.”
“The Green New Deal is for elitists who live in their high rises in New York City and see a dirty world around them because they're in New York City. I said New York City can pass a Green New Deal... Why not try it? Why not try it?”
“When we come up upon a wall, it matters. We have to plan around it. It's a mitigating factor if you're trying to enter or cross from point A to point B.”
“It's OK to criticize Israeli policy.”
“Labeling someone as an '-ist' who believes in an '-ism' because of the person's policy preference is just a shortcut to playground-style name-calling, cloaked in political terminology.”
“The president is under no obligation to sign the spending bills that Congress gives to him. And once that happens, once he says no, then you're supposed to negotiate.”
“We bring the fight to the enemy so that they don't bring it to us.”