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
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,
balance dime means raise saying security social spend
We're saying 'no, Mr. President,' ... No means no, we're not going to spend a dime out of Social Security and we're not going to raise taxes, but we are going to balance the budget.
idiot raise takes taxes village
Some say it takes a village to raise a child, but it takes a village idiot to raise taxes on working families.
advisory elected five four managerial name officials raise
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.
emptiness good level loss raises
It raises the level of emptiness that you feel for the loss of a good friend,
cutting everybody interested knows offered raised relief tax
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.
cuts incredibly jobs might raise taxes taxes-and-taxation
If you raise the taxes on these people, you might not have the jobs to provide, so the tax cuts are incredibly important.
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,