Transcript for "Needle"
There's nothing wrong with your screen. What you're seeing is the worst smog in America. The city? Houston, Texas. As governor, George W. Bush made key air pollution rules in Texas voluntary … even for some plants near schools.

Last year, Houston overtook Los Angeles as America's smoggiest city.

Now take a deep breath and imagine Seattle with Bush's Texas-style environmental regulation. George Bush. Before he talks about cleaning up Washington, maybe he should clean up Texas.

Transcript for "Don't"
George W. Bush has a plan to bring the policies he's used in Texas to the rest of America. By why would Iowa want them? With Bush as governor, Texas has fallen from 29^th to the 48^th worst state to raise a child. Iowa ranks as one of the best places to raise a child.

Bush talks about education, but under Bush, Texas SAT scores have fallen to 47th, while Iowa ranks second.

Iowa doesn't need a Texas plan for our children and schools.

Transcript for "Aprons"
When the national minimum wage was raised to $5.15 an hour, Bush did nothing and kept the Texas minimum wage at $3.35.

Six times the Legislature tried to raise the minimum wage and Bush's inaction helped kill it.

Now Bush said he'd allow states to set a minimum wage lower than the federal standard.

Al Gore's plan: Make sure our current prosperity enriches not just a few but all families. Increase the minimum wage, invest in education, middle-class tax cuts and a secure retirement.

Transcript for "Gore-gantuan"
2.2 billion dollars. That's a lot of money. 8,000 dollars for each American. It's our government's projected surplus over the next 10 years.

Al Gore plans to spend it all and more. Gore's proposing three times the new spending President Clinton proposed, wiping out the entire surplus and creating a deficit again.

Gore's big government spending plan threatens American prosperity.

Transcript for "Big Relief vs. Big Spending"
Whose economic plan is best for you? Under George Bush's plan, a family earning under $35,000 a year pays no federal income taxes—a 100 percent tax cut. Earn $35-50,000? A 55 percent tax cut. Tax relief for everyone.

And Al Gore's plan: Three times the new spending President Clinton proposed, so much it wipes out the entire surplus and creates a deficit again.

Al Gore's deficit spending plan threatens America's prosperity.