Tom DeLay
Tom DeLay
Thomas Dale DeLayis a former member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1985 until 2006. He was Republican PartyHouse Majority Leader from 2003–05...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth8 April 1947
judiciary lawyers ought
My lawyers tell me that this is so frivolous, so over the top, so embarrassing to the judiciary that we ought to be able to get it out of here quickly,
daughter employed wife
My wife and daughter have any right, just like any other American, to be employed and be compensated for their employment,
collected knew
lawfully collected from individuals who knew what they were contributing to.
agenda comment forward nation putting rather serve
I think they would serve the nation better if they would just comment on what they see and what they know, rather than putting their own agenda forward as an expert.
descend house
The House would descend into 'Lord of the Flies.'
less looking programs wholesale
These are not wholesale cuts. They are reforms, looking at entitlement programs and how we can make them better for less money,
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I had no fiduciary responsibility. I had no managerial responsibility. I and four other elected officials were on an advisory board. I went to five fundraisers, ... They did use my name to raise money, but that was the extent. So, I didn't know what they were doing.
less responsibility spent time welcoming
if we spent less time ducking responsibility and more time welcoming it.
alert attention brought chairman committee conduct discovered matter official standards
I brought this matter -- which I discovered on my own -- to the attention of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to alert the chairman and ranking member,
quicker
We all know what this is about. The quicker it's over the better.
against cannot county exists fair great impartial obtain prejudice
There exists in Travis County so great a prejudice against me that I cannot obtain a fair and impartial trial,
bob debate decency greater honor integrity understood
There is no greater American in my mind, at least today, than Bob Livingston because he understood what this debate was all about. It was about honor and decency and integrity and the truth,
hope passed senate
What the Senate passed is a nationalized system; what we hope to pass is a federalized system.
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We have reason to believe that top aides that have access to the Oval Office have been orchestrating a conspiracy to intimidate members of Congress by using their past lives as an embarrassment to intimidate,