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
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This is a very delicate package, ... Any part that you start unraveling, it will take days if not weeks to put back together. ... There is a lot of good stuff in this package. It is a compromise package and he ought to sign it.
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It raises the level of emptiness that you feel for the loss of a good friend,
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It's really good to be here among so many old friends and brothers and sisters in the cause for justice and human freedom, ... We love you, Tom.
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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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It's amazing the professionalism that I've noticed. The morale is up, ... They have a sense of accomplishment and they're feeling very good about the job that they're doing. They also understand how complicated this is in rebuilding a whole country from scratch.
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Senator Frist is a good man, he's simply advocating a bad policy.
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It is sad that the president's attack dogs don't know the difference between breaking the law and making a mistake decades ago,
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It is right to borrow to pay for it, ... But it is not right to attack the very economy that will pay for it.
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it is right to borrow to pay for it.
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but our respect and admiration does not grant judges the powers many have assumed over the years.
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I am a target, ladies and gentlemen, ... But I am nobody's victim.
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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.
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The House would descend into 'Lord of the Flies.'
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My friends, I have violated no law, no regulation, no code of ethics and no House rule, ... I am innocent and I will prove it.