One of the challenges of any second-term administration is you always lose a certain amount of identification with the Congress, because everybody in the Congress in the first term knows you'll be out there in the next campaign with them, ... Your motives are always a little more suspect when you don't have to face the voters again. |
our goal is to get that to a majority of the Republican members of Congress. |
Our team has the very big shoes of Tom DeLay to fill temporarily, ... Under the strong leadership of the Speaker, we will work hard to do what Tom would do -- complete our work, and move forward with a positive agenda for the American people -- until he returns. |
Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being advertised on eBay the other day - the description was, 'Never shot. Dropped once. |
The product we had for today wasn't quite where it needs to be yet, |
There's tremendous excitement out there on the part of Republicans in Congress about a leader who can do the kinds of things in Washington that you've already done with such success right here in Texas. |
They're not used to pushing back when the other side suggests that the savings are deep cuts in social programs. |
They're probably not doing that because they have a really bad cold. |
This report's only of value if we use it in a positive, forward-looking way, and not try to get into meaningless blaming, who could have done what when; now that it doesn't matter, ... American Morning. |
This week ... we'll, I think under the suspension calendar, have TRIA (Terrorism Risk Insurance Act). |
Tom DeLay wants to lay out that case. I think our friends on the other side know the only effective way he can do that is if the Ethics Committee does its work, |
Tom DeLay will stay as leader, ... Meet the Press. |
We all believe that he (DeLay) will return once this indictment is out of the way, and be the leader again. |
We did not arrive at this energy crisis overnight; it is a direct result of years of unreasonable, burdensome regulations and obstruction on the part of radical environmentalists. |
We had not quite gotten there yet, |