Tom DeLay Quotes (285 Quotes)

It's time for me to go do something else.

What's happening here is the president is desperate to spend more money, ... Late Edition.

People are too quick to give up their responsibility and duty as congressmen to other people, ... We are more than capable of looking at it.

I take no pleasure in seeing DeLay swing gently in the wind. But the thing I believe in the most is ethics. If someone has lost his moral compass and has to go to jail to find it, then I believe it will make him a much better person.

temper your future actions.

medical research predicated on the destruction of human embryos.

The vast majority of Americans believe 40 cents of every dollar they send here is wasted,

but our respect and admiration does not grant judges the powers many have assumed over the years.

We wanted to really increase our effort to win a Republican majority in the Texas House of Representatives,

I am proud of the past. I am at peace with the present.

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.

The great number of Judge Perkins' political contributions ... have been for causes and candidates opposed to Tom DeLay and all in support of the Democratic party, ... He should not be the judge to preside over the trial proceedings relating to a person t

So today, I am announcing my intention to resign my seat in the House.

It's the only originally installed Wurlitzer left in a theater in Oregon. It has some specialties in it that most instruments like it don't have. It's a survivor.

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.

We have no choice, ... This is a crisis. We can sustain this as long as we need to, to get them back with their families or absorb them into the community.

I have been charged for defeating Democrats, ... I have been charged for advancing the Republican agenda.

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.

The analysis provided the commission by the department of defense about the national homeland security value of the base was seriously flawed.

I see the president's package as the floor, not the ceiling.

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,

My wife and daughter have any right, just like any other American, to be employed and be compensated for their employment,

Don't throw 'em away, adopt them.

First you have to differentiate what 'step aside' means, ... I have assets.

He's taken the moral high ground to show how his opponents have taken the moral low ground.

This is an abomination of justice.

just another seedy attempt by the liberal media to embarrass me.

Making a mistake is far different than, for example, obstructing justice. Abuse of power is far more serious than having an affair 30 years ago. I just urge the president of the United States to stop his allies from engaging in this kind of disgusting conduct.

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.

You know, we're being briefed all the time. If we're going to be part and a partner in this war on terror, then we ought to be completely briefed, not just briefed on things they want us to hear,

My setback is temporary, but our victories will last a lifetime, ... So while they may have made me step aside for now, they can never make us stand down.

Without any coherent international blueprint the White House has bombed its way around the globe, while dropping troops far and wide for ill-defined peacemaking duties. This policy has gutted the American military which now must be rebuilt,

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,

not because of insufficient venom but because of insufficient merit.

The (U.S.) Supreme Court's actions today and earlier are to stop a renegade court, ... They are the ones that created this chaos.

but no one is able to come up with any.

My defense in this case will not be technical or legalistic. It will be categorical and absolute.

where no one gets left behind.

It's better for me to step aside and let it be a referendum on ideas, Republican values and what's important for this district.

some things that we've learned and when we do it again, we'll probably be better at it.

I know you want to write the story that the members are afraid of this issue. Far be it from the fact.

Ladies and gentlemen, these critics are dead wrong, ... Removing Saddam from power and liberating the Iraqi people would do more to advance the war against terror than any step we've taken yet.

I will not let a prosecutor who pursues his political enemies by abusing the law and manufacturing baseless charges wreck our justice system,

could be added to impeachment inquiry.

The outlook is not very good, ... Even if the bill is passed, it wouldn't stop these shootings.

I can tell you with great certainty that a censure resolution would have failed in the House,

it is right to borrow to pay for it.

There exists in Travis County so great a prejudice against me that I cannot obtain a fair and impartial trial,

Before the vote, GOP leaders, who had negotiated deals in recent days to sway Republicans, made it clear they were prepared to twist arms. It will be a tough vote, but we will pass CAFTA tonight, ... And we will do it with very few Democrats on board.

They have tried to create a circus that would prevent us from bringing to senior citizens the prescription drug coverage they've clamored for,