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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The president tonight spoke eloquently of both the suffering this hurricane has caused and about the hope that continues to rise in the Gulf Coast region, even as the floodwaters recede.
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Rio Bend is now a reality and so are the hopes of 48 kids who for too long have been denied the basic physical and emotional necessities that all children need,
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What the Senate passed is a nationalized system; what we hope to pass is a federalized system.
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Well, I hope so. I can do my job with or without the title. That doesn't concern me.
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We hope many other congressmen would see this as a success and will want to do this in their own districts, and that' s how we hope to get this around the country,
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We're close -- very close, ... Hopefully we'll have the bill tonight or tomorrow.
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There are about a thousand churches right here in Houston, and a lot of them are helping people with housing, but FEMA says they can't reimburse faith-based organizations,
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The only choice is between victory and defeat.
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To all these new spending requests, I say, 'Mr. President, show me the money,
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Those that seek the American dream must follow American laws, ... I applaud the president for addressing this difficult and complex issue but have heartfelt reservations about allowing illegal immigrants into a U.S. guest worker program that seems to reward illegal behavior.
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We found that there's plenty of time to do everything that we want to do,
You have to have the infrastructure or you can't have a recovery.
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You get a sixth sense about this stuff. You know your district. . . . You don't need polls, but we ran a poll anyway. And the poll showed, basically, that I had a 50-50 chance of winning.
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attempted to browbeat and coerce' the second grand jury to change its decision not to indict DeLay so there would be no public record of a rejection.