Tom DeLay Spend Quotations

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.

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.

To all these new spending requests, I say, 'Mr. President, show me the money,

Under no circumstances will I vote to spend one penny of the Social Security trust fund on anything but Social Security,

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.

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,

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.

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