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
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.
ground high low moral opponents taken
He's taken the moral high ground to show how his opponents have taken the moral low ground.
legal
I didn't know they did this legal activity,
alert attention brought chairman committee conduct discovered matter official standards
I brought this matter -- which I discovered on my own -- to the attention of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to alert the chairman and ranking member,
gentlemen ladies
I am a target, ladies and gentlemen, ... But I am nobody's victim.
peace proud
I am proud of the past. I am at peace with the present.
clearly congress member run
He's not going to still run things ... but he's clearly a member of Congress, and he's a very important part of the team.
fiscally trying
He's not even trying to be fiscally responsible,
won
I could have won this seat, but it would have been nasty.
defend highway
I'm not here to defend the highway bill.
airport aside creating lean personally run security sort toward worry
I lean toward federalizing airport security but it's how you do it. I personally feel that a non-profit organization or corporation of some sort (could be) set aside to run security in the airports. I worry about creating another federalized bureaucracy.
airport aside creating lean personally run security sort toward worry
I lean toward federalizing airport security but it's how you do it, ... I personally feel that a non-profit organization or corporation of some sort (could be) set aside to run security in the airports. I worry about creating another federalized bureaucracy.
afraid far members
I know you want to write the story that the members are afraid of this issue. Far be it from the fact.
challenge job president stay town
I just challenge the president to stay in town and get the job done,