For our welfare reform efforts to be successful, we must empower local charitable organizations with the resources to address their local community needs.

The issue I highlight in the book is welfare reform.

Although our war on drugs must be fortified with the best laws, enforcement efforts and resources, we would not be successful without your individual commitment to this cause.

While the rest of the country is still talking about welfare reform, Texas is implementing it.

A billion dollars every week for Iraq, $87 billion for Iraq. We can't get $5 billion for childcare over five years in welfare reform.

The business community needs to continue to take the lead to move those still on welfare into jobs. Although the welfare rolls have fallen around the country, we know that they are falling slower in the cities than in the suburbs.