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
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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.
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Let's dispense with the notion that Congress can punish the president either by a so-called censure or by a fine or any other punishment, ... Such a deal is unconstitutional, and anyone who believes in that kind of deal believes not in the rule of law, but the rule of man, and needs to read the Constitution.
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We have reason to believe that top aides that have access to the Oval Office have been orchestrating a conspiracy to intimidate members of Congress by using their past lives as an embarrassment to intimidate,
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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.
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As a member of the House leadership, I am fully supportive of doing what is in the best interests of young Elian and moving this bill through Congress when we return,
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This Congress will never allow a single dollar to be used to compensate the perpetrators of international aggression,
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orchestrate a conspiracy to intimidate members of Congress by using their past lives.
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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.
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What's happening here is the president is desperate to spend more money, ... Late Edition.
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I've seen some of the devastation first hand and I know they have a long road ahead of them and helping to facilitate that effort is the House's No. 1 priority for the foreseeable future,
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It would be such a disaster ... I think what you see is a combination of gratitude and prudence.
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I see the president's package as the floor, not the ceiling.
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is going to be very hard to defeat.
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I understand there may be an opportunity for the Amendment on another bill, like energy, and you know we will do whatever we can to help... Thanks for all you've done.