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 need to create an interstate system, ... We created an interstate highway system. Surely we can create an interstate transmission system so that we can get energy to the people who need it.
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Our responsibility, that frankly we didn't perform very well, is to make sure those are legitimate earmarks for legitimate reasons.
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What I heard was what most of us already knew, ... I'm sure the report will give the details substantiating what we've all already known, that basically security is not something that can be 100 percent.
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I'm sure I'm going to see much more of you.
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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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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.
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Today we will pass a Medicare prescription drug benefit because for us, fulfilling America's promise is not just a slogan, it's a commitment to meet the needs of the American people as we face the 21st century,