Political Quotes

“earlier this week, 53 Texas Democratic legislators exhibited real courage when they refused to participate in an unprecedented redistricting power grab. This is a Texas kind of courage like General Sam Houston, who marshaled his resources to win the Battle of San Jacinto. What Joe Moreno, Rick Noriega, Jessica Farrar, Kevin Bailey, and the rest of these heroes did was stand up to this charade. In a statement delivered from Oklahoma, these Texas heroes said, ``We did not choose our path, Tom DeLay did. We are ready to stand on the House Floor and work day and night to deal with the real issues facing Texas families. At a time when we are told we do not have time to deal with school finance, and when we must still resolve issues like the State budget crisis and insurance reform, the fact that an outrageous partisan power grab sits at the top of the House calendar is unconscionable.'' But not all Texans consider them heroes. Yesterday the Associated Press reported that the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay) was investigating whether or not the FBI and U.S. Marshals could be used to track down and arrest these Texas legislators. We should not use Federal resources committed to the war on terrorism and protecting our homeland. Not since Richard Nixon have we seen such a Federal power grab.”