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• Congressman from the 22nd District of Texas (Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, and Harris Counties).
• Formerly Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives.

• Two years as a pre-med student at Baylor University before he was expelled for drinking and vandalism
• DeLay received a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in biology from the University of Houston in 1970.

• (2007) Release of his book, “No Retreat, No Surrender”.

• He spent three years working for Redwood Chemical. This work was the source for his nickname “the Exterminator”.
• In the 11 years DeLay ran the company, the IRS imposed tax liens on him three times for not paying payroll and income taxes.
• The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s ban on a certain pesticide that was used in extermination work led DeLay to oppose government regulation of businesses, a belief that he has carried with him throughout his political career.
• During his time in the Texas Legislature, he struggled with alcoholism and gained a reputation as a playboy, earning the nickname “Hot Tub Tom”.
• In 1985, DeLay became a born-again Christian, and later gave up hard liquor. He has stated that he “was no longer committing adultery by [the time of] the impeachment trial” in 1998.
• In 1994, his wife, Christine DeLay began volunteering as a court-appointed special advocate for children in foster care, and soon thereafter, the DeLays became foster parents to three teenage boys.
• DeLay was elected to the House in 1984, representing the Texas 22nd congressional district, after his predecessor, Republican Ron Paul, decided to run in the Republican primary for the 1984 U.S. Senate race instead of for reelection. DeLay was one of six freshmen Republican congressmen elected from Texas in 1984 known as the Texas Six Pack.
• As a member of the Republican minority in the 1980s, DeLay made a name for himself by criticizing the National Endowment for the Arts and the Environmental Protection Agency.
• During his first term in Congress, DeLay was appointed to the Republican Committee on Committees, which assigned representatives to House committees, and in his second term, he was appointed to the powerful House Appropriations Committee, a position that he retained until his election as Majority Leader in 2003. He was reappointed to the committee in 2006 after leaving his position as Majority Leader.
• He also served for a time as chairman of a group of conservative House Republicans known as the Republican Study Committee, and as secretary of the Republican Conference.
• No one close to DeLay corroborated that DeLay attempted to serve in the military. The Washington Post reported that he had received student deferments while at Baylor, and had kept the deferment after his expulsion from Baylor in 1967.
• When the Republican Party gained control of the House in 1995 following the 1994 election, DeLay was elected Majority Whip against the wishes of House Speaker-elect Newt Gingrich.
• In keeping with his opposition to environmental regulation, DeLay criticized proposals to phase out the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which lead to the depletion of the ozone layer. In 1995, DeLay introduced a bill to revoke the CFC ban and to repeal provisions of the Clean Air Act dealing with stratospheric ozone, arguing that the science underlying the ban was debatable.
• As Majority Whip, DeLay earned the nickname “The Hammer” for his enforcement of party discipline in close votes and his reputation for wreaking political vengeance on opponents. DeLay has expressed a liking for his nickname, pointing out that the hammer is one of a carpenter’s most valuable tools. In the 104th Congress, DeLay successfully whipped 300 out of 303 bills
• In 1998, DeLay worked to ensure that the House vote on impeaching President Bill Clinton was successful.

• In December 2005, the Washington Post reported that, in 1998, a group of Russian oil executives had given money to a nonprofit advocacy group run by a former DeLay staffer and funded by clients of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, in an attempt to influence DeLay’s vote on an International Monetary Fund bailout of the Russian economy. This payment was the largest single entry on U.S. Family Network’s donor list. The original source of the donation was not recorded.[13] DeLay denied that the payment had influenced his vote. Naftasib denied that it had made the payment and that it had ever been represented by James & Sarch Co. The now-dissolved law firm’s former partners declined to comment due to confidentiality requirements.
• In early 1999, the The New Republic picked up a story, first reported by Houston-area alternative weeklies, alleging that DeLay had committed perjury during a civil lawsuit brought against him by a former business partner in 1994. The plaintiff in that suit, Robert Blankenship, charged that DeLay and a third partner in Albo Pest Control had breached the partnership agreement by trying to force him out of the business without buying him out. Blankenship filed suit, charging DeLay and the other partner with breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, wrongful termination, and loss of corporate expectancy. While being deposed in that suit, DeLay claimed that he did not think that he was an officer or director of Albo and that he believed that he had resigned two or three years previously. However, his congressional disclosure forms, including one filed subsequent to the deposition, stated that he was either president or chairman of the company between 1985 and 1994. Blankenship also alleged that Albo money had been spent on DeLay’s congressional campaigns, in violation of federal and state law. DeLay and Blankenship settled for an undisclosed sum. Blankenship’s attorney said that had he known about the congressional disclosure forms, he would have referred the case to the Harris County district attorney’s office for a perjury prosecution. DeLay has never been charged with a crime in connection with this case.
• After being indicted on September 28, 2005, DeLay stepped down from his position as Majority Leader. He was the first congressional leader ever to be indicted. Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri took over as acting leader. On January 7, 2006, after weeks of growing pressure from Republican colleagues, and particularly from Reps. Charlie Bass and Jeff Flake, who wanted to avoid being associated with DeLay’s legal issues in an election year, DeLay announced that he would not seek to regain his position as Majority Leader.
• DeLay was also noted for involving lobbyists in the process of passing House bills. One lobbyist said, “I’ve had members pull me aside and ask me to talk to another member of Congress about a bill or amendment, but I’ve never been asked to work on a bill — at least like they are asking us to whip bills now.”
• On September 30, 2004, the House Ethics Committee unanimously admonished DeLay because he “offered to endorse Representative [Nick] Smith’s son in exchange for Representative Smith’s vote in favor of the Medicare bill.”

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• Congressional Biography