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
create created energy highway people surely system
We need to create an interstate system, ... We created an interstate highway system. Surely we can create an interstate transmission system so that we can get energy to the people who need it.
bill building creates drives economic economy engine good highway thousands
My earmarks are pretty important to building an economy in that region, ... What's good about the highway bill ... is it creates hundreds of thousands of jobs. It is an economic engine that drives the economy.
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The (U.S.) Supreme Court's actions today and earlier are to stop a renegade court, ... They are the ones that created this chaos.
bringing circus citizens coverage create prevent senior tried
They have tried to create a circus that would prevent us from bringing to senior citizens the prescription drug coverage they've clamored for,
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.
attempt embarrass liberal media
just another seedy attempt by the liberal media to embarrass me.
ability count respect
I respect his opinion, but I don't respect his ability to count votes,
grand impression indicted jury present side testify work
we went to work and we were under the impression that he probably wasn't (going to indict), or he would have ... called me to testify before the grand jury. I have not testified before the grand jury to present my side of the case, and they indicted me.
checks rebuild red remove start tape
We have to remove the red tape so they can get these checks and start to rebuild their lives,
bill close hopefully tonight
We're close -- very close, ... Hopefully we'll have the bill tonight or tomorrow.
allow president
We must not allow our president to be undermined by those who want his job,
ahead bipartisan congress fashion work
We will recover. And we will rebuild. And the Congress will work in a bipartisan fashion to see to it that the work ahead of us is done right.
disaster katrina priority raise time top work
We will raise the Katrina disaster as the top priority for the House, but at the same time we have other work that we will be working on,
frankly legitimate perform responsibility sure
Our responsibility, that frankly we didn't perform very well, is to make sure those are legitimate earmarks for legitimate reasons.