Tom DeLay: Governance

Tom DeLay is American Republican politician. Explore interesting quotes on governance.

Tom DeLay: 48 quotes1 like

“I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution.”

From Talk Back Live on CNN 1995 December 19.
1990s

“The EPA, the Gestapo of government, pure and simply has been one of the major claw-hooks that the government maintains on the backs of our constituents.”

Associated Press 1995 July 29.
1990s

“We have a small faction, and they are a minority, who believe they are there to govern. Then there is the majority of us who believe that indeed we are there to govern but more importantly we are there to be an opposition to the Democratic philosophy and the only way to do that is through confrontation.”

On bipartisanship ~ From the Houston Chronicle 1991 April 14.
1990s

“I am the Federal Government”

to a waitress who asked him to put out his cigar because smoking in a restaurant in Washington is against Federal law.[citation needed]
2000s