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
against brought charges equivalent knows last legal pull since totally trying week
He is trying to pull the legal equivalent of a 'do-over' since he knows very well that the charges he brought against me last week are totally manufactured and illegitimate. This is an abomination of justice,
fiscally trying
He's not even trying to be fiscally responsible,
emotional trying minimum-wage
Emotional appeals about working families trying to get by on $4.25 an hour [the minimum wage in 1996] are hard to resist. Fortunately, such families do not exist.
feel-good trying world
American foreign policy is now one huge big mystery. Simply put, the administration is trying to lead the world with a feel-good foreign policy.
activist defend position trying
It's an activist judge. He's trying to defend his position that's indefensible,
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,