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
aside last stand step victories
My setback is temporary, but our victories will last a lifetime, ... So while they may have made me step aside for now, they can never make us stand down.
against bring campaign castro congress freedom regime step stop
We should never stop working to bring freedom to Cuba, Congress should take no step that inadvertently strengthens the Castro regime and compromises our campaign against terror.
form helped moved organize stepped
I did nothing wrong, ... I had nothing to do with the day-to-day operation. It was my idea to form this group. I helped to organize it. I have other things to do. I stepped away and moved on.
aside speaker step
I have notified the speaker that I will temporarily step aside from my position,
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.