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
human medical research
medical research predicated on the destruction of human embryos.
judiciary lawyers ought
My lawyers tell me that this is so frivolous, so over the top, so embarrassing to the judiciary that we ought to be able to get it out of here quickly,
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.
baseless weakest
one of the weakest and most baseless indictments in American history.
bill building creates drives economic economy engine good highway thousands
My earmarks are pretty important to building an economy in that region, ... What's good about the highway bill ... is it creates hundreds of thousands of jobs. It is an economic engine that drives the economy.
case defense technical
My defense in this case will not be technical or legalistic. It will be categorical and absolute.
answer bring glad nobody offset spending
My answer to those that want to offset the spending is sure, bring me the offsets, I'll be glad to do it. But nobody has been able to come up with any yet,
answer bring glad nobody offset spending
My answer to those that want to offset the spending is, 'Sure, bring me the offsets, I'll be glad to do it,' ... But nobody has been able to come up with any yet.
billion initial
Make no mistake, this $10.5 billion is initial relief,
law might rule unethical violated
Let me be very, very clear, ... I have done nothing wrong. I have violated no law, no regulation, no rule of the House. I have done nothing unlawful, unethical or, I might add, unprecedented.
Let me be very clear, I have done nothing wrong,
answer commitment courage crew entire farther further generation impossible nasa opportunity owe space
Because of the courage of Discovery's crew, and the commitment of everyone at NASA and the entire space community, our generation has an opportunity to go farther into space and further into the void, to do the impossible and answer the unsolvable. For that chance, we all owe the crew more than our thanks.
good
I find this is a very good day,
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.