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
speaker worked
advising the speaker and the leadership. I worked the votes, did it all.
aside speaker step
I have notified the speaker that I will temporarily step aside from my position,
bill continue members negotiate speaker wants
Our members want us to continue, the speaker wants us to continue to negotiate, and so does the Senate, so we're going to continue to negotiate and see if we can get a bill in December,
attack breaking decades difference dogs law mistake sad
It is sad that the president's attack dogs don't know the difference between breaking the law and making a mistake decades ago,
attack borrow economy pay
It is right to borrow to pay for it, ... But it is not right to attack the very economy that will pay for it.
borrow pay
it is right to borrow to pay for it.
admiration assumed grant judges powers respect
but our respect and admiration does not grant judges the powers many have assumed over the years.
gentlemen ladies
I am a target, ladies and gentlemen, ... But I am nobody's victim.
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.'
code ethics house innocent prove violated
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.
venom
not because of insufficient venom but because of insufficient merit.
aid bill foreign increase security social
He vetoed the foreign aid bill because he wanted to increase foreign aid by 30 percent, and he wanted to take it out of the Social Security surplus,
emergency fair overall response
It is fair to say the overall response to this emergency could have and should have been better,