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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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.
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Some say it takes a village to raise a child, but it takes a village idiot to raise taxes on working families.
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It raises the level of emptiness that you feel for the loss of a good friend,
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If you raise the taxes on these people, you might not have the jobs to provide, so the tax cuts are incredibly important.
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They're not interested in cutting taxes; everybody knows that, ... When they were in charge, they never offered tax relief programs. They always raised taxes.
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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.
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not because of insufficient venom but because of insufficient merit.