"And I was struck when he said that he thought it was up to Congress to define bad behavior. Unfortunately, in Mr. Delay's case, he is defining bad behavior by example."

April 17, 2005 - "We do think Mr. DeLay is symptomatic of a corruption, frankly, of the public policy process. That,s more important to me than a question of this or that trip, or this or that payment to this or that relative, etc. It,s the public policy process."

"We,re not talking about minor stuff here. The guy,s a throwback to the 19th century."

"There is an old political axiom. Justice delayed is justice denied. In this case, it,s Justice Tom Delayed is justice denied."

"The issue to me is not just travel and who slept in what bed. Frankly, I think there,s too much interest around here in who sleeps in what bed. But what we,re looking at is whether or not there was a long-standing corrupting relationship with [Congressman DeLay and] a particular lobbyist. That,s what I hope will be investigated." Excerpt from April 28, 2005 CNN News