I think things are coming unstuck.

Chief Senate budget writer Jane Nelson, on the state of negotiations in the Legislature on the budget and taxes

I feel like the lieutenant governor wants to use border security as his hostage to force his tax plan.

Chief House tax writer Dennis Bonnen, giving a decidedly downbeat assessment of those same negotitations

If they’re running on God and guns and babies and then come down to Austin and act like total moral hypocrites, we want to show that, too.

American Phoenix Foundation spokesman John Beria on the goal of his group's secret video recording project of Texas lawmakers

What we’re doing is serving as a communication facilitator between the Special Operations Forces and the people of the state of Texas and nothing more than that.

Gov. Greg Abbott, defending his call for the Texas State Guard to monitor Jade Helm 15

Civilian leadership – you can always question that, but not the men and women in uniform.

Former Gov. Rick Perry offering his two cents on the kerfuffle over Jade Helm 15