http://www.bettynet.com/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5806&JServSessionIdr006=uf5768ss21.app5aSNIP..."Castor told Democrats that: The No Child Left Behind Act may have been well-intended, but has been miserably executed; the president made a serious miscalculation with Iraq, but that the nation has to finish the job; millionaires shouldn't get tax breaks when the country is facing record deficits; all families deserve decent health care and affordable prescription drugs; working wages must be living wages and the minimum wage should be increased; jobs and veterans benefits are priorities; scientific research on stem cells shouldn't be limited by political agendas.
Martinez told Republicans that: He thinks Bush has been right on virtually every action as president, and "I'll vote for George W. Bush's policies every chance I get!"; he will "defend the Constitution from liberal activist judges" and confirm only "conservative judges"; he "will always vote to protect our Second Amendment" and make gun laws less restrictive; he will "oppose any and all efforts" to increase tax rates, reduce tax deductions or credits, regardless of the impact on deficits; he is "no centrist" on social values. Martinez also branded former U.S. Rep. Bill McCollum as "antifamily" for supporting expanded stem cell research and ran commercials labeling McCollum "the new darling of homosexual extremists" for supporting hate crime laws...."