Page 74 - Tom Delay News Today

Know that he made since the beginning of the campaign. joining me now to discuss house majority leader, tom delay. thanks for being with us. appreciate it. >> my pressure, brianna . great to be with you. >> we are looking at a nicely government shut down and congress has to pass a bill to fund the government. what do you think the republicans should do? >> if the president wants the wall, hes got to win this fight in the next few weeks. hes not going to get any money for the wall with the democr...

Lot of candy. the people who think its worth it are like republicans a decade ago who would say of tom delay, nobody has to like him but he gets the job done. i think its a mistake to go with pelosi but in the end they will because they do not have much of a force. >> bret: here is kathleen rice on how opponents would defeat pelosi. >> the first thing is we have to show that the leader cannot get to 80, im glad the sea marcia is thinking about it and once we show the leader cannot get to 218, yo...

Warned that there could be more suspicious packages out there. and now were learning that yet a second one is now being examined, addressed to maxine waters. the one that came through the maryland facility earlier today is being examined currently by the fbi to see if it is connected to the other five packages found in new york, d.c., and florida. jake? >> pamela brown, thanks so much. congressman barton, let me ask you, you and i are both old enough to remember lots of political violence in thi...

>> well, i stopped by. see whats going on at the fair. >> thought id stop by and see whats going on at the fair. he doesnt live in iowa. >> tom delay does, right? >> just hanging out with a buddy? >> i dont know that for a fact. thats the only connection -- maybe john boehner is running. im just kidding. >> a better chance of the democratic nomination than republican nomination at this point. >> i want to say, bill, you said something on this show i think on wednesday morning or wednesday aftern...

Its coming. >> all right. also i want to get to this story. its important. this week the passing of former congressman, mayor and united states marine ron dellums. ron was a former u.s. representative and oakland mayor known for helping found the congressional black caucus and speaking out against apartheid in south africa. joe describes ron as a progressive hero who was a fierce advocate for all the liberal causes he embraced but managed at the same time to be a man respected and beloved by con...

Pass. >> it is wrong for those from the outside looking in who have taken a nice trip into an area and said, this must be protected. >> reporter: conservationists point out there is already a huge glut of american oil. oil companies are laying people off up here, because prices are so low. >> oil companies have been laying people off, and, you know, for the first time in the last five years, i was seeing more oil company workers leaving the state of alaska and going to places like north dakota t...

First time in the last five years, i was seeing more oil company workers leaving the state of alaska and going to places like north dakota than coming into the state. >> but much like trumps efforts to revive dying coal mines, the rush to drill here seems driven more by politics than economics. >> former speaker of the house tom delay once said if we could drill in anwar, it will break the back of the environmental lobby. >> well, they havent drilled in anwar yet. we know the arctic regions are ...

Here seems driven more by politics than economics. >> former speaker of the house tom delay once said, if we could drill in anwar, it will break the back of the environmental lobby. >> well, they havent drilled in anwar yet. we know that the arctic regions are heating twice as fast as any other part of the world and it just makes zero sense to come here and look for more oil, thats just going to exacerbate that problem. >> reporter: and among those opposed is the gichen nation, the northern most...

Laying people off. for the first time in the last five years, i was seeing more oil company workers leaving the state of alaska and going to north dakota than coming into the state. >> but much like trumps efforts to revive dieing coal mines, the rush to drill here seems driven more by politics than economics. tom delay once said, if we could drill in anwar, it will break the back of the environmental lobby. >> they havent drilled yet. we know the arctic regions are heating twice as fast as any ...

The last five years iowas seeing more oil company workers leaving the state of alaska and going to places like north dakota than coming into the state. >> reporter: but much like trumps efforts to revive dying coal mines, the rush to drill here seems driven more by politics than economics. former speaker of the house tom delay once said if we could drill in anwr it breaks the back of the environmental lobby. >> they havent drilled in anwr yet. the regions are heating twice as fast as any other p...