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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What's happening here is the president is desperate to spend more money, ... Late Edition.
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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,
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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.
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To all these new spending requests, I say, 'Mr. President, show me the money,
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The administration has embarked on a journey to Shangri-La, a mythical place where spending goes up ... and where budgets magically balance with a wave of the hand.
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We're saying 'no, Mr. President,' ... No means no, we're not going to spend a dime out of Social Security and we're not going to raise taxes, but we are going to balance the budget.
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An inadequate energy supply will increase the cost of doing business for every company in America, ... That means that the cost to produce everything increases, and all of us will spend a bigger chunk of our paycheck simply paying those rising costs. We will see those higher prices in grocery stores and every other place that we may shop.
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Under no circumstances will I vote to spend one penny of the Social Security trust fund on anything but Social Security,
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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.
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Earle and his staff engaged in an extraordinarily irregular and desperate attempt to contrive a viable charge