1.   Morales also said he has yet to resolve the question of whether he should vote for legislation that he likes personally but that would be opposed by his constituents.

2.   Morales also said the agreement would end all tobacco advertising in Texas on billboards, buses, taxis and trains.

3.   Morales said a boom in trade with Mexico has overwhelmed federal customs inspectors and state troopers assigned to police the international bridges.

4.   Morales said he can now prove that their dispute with the government was the product of a bureaucratic foul-up.

5.   Morales said he developed the two-prong argument after analyzing previous Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action and consulting legal scholars, university officials and minority groups.

6.   Morales said he felt that quotas and other measures designed to ensure diversification are no longer justifiable.

7.   Morales said he is for all of that, too.

8.   Morales said he is proud of the settlement and, without being specific, chalked up the allegations to a Republican political rival.

9.   Morales said he plans to begin airing TV commercials in selected markets late this week, purchasing the time with campaign money left over from his past races.

10.   Morales said he wants to raise enough money to open a campaign headquarters so that he can spend more time meeting voters and studying the issues.