DeLay, Whitmire, Cornyn, and Noriega

Former U.S. Majority Leader Tom DeLay, speaking to a group of college Republicans and videotaped by blogger Max Blumenthal for The Huffington Post: "If you believe abortion doesn't affect you, I contend it affects you in immigration. If we had those 40 million children that were killed over the last 30 years, we wouldn't need the illegal immigrants to fill the jobs that they are doing today. Think about it."

Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, talking to the Houston Chronicle about the BMW he leases with campaign funds: "There's no question there are a lot of nice automobiles around the Capitol, but that's not an issue that our constituents judge us by."

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, quoted in the San Antonio Express-News on why he thinks two convicted Border Patrol agents should be pardoned for covering up their shooting of a suspected drug smuggler: "If the Scooter Libby case is one the president believes was excessive, I have a hard time understanding why these two individuals don't warrant a similar review."

Democrat Rick Noriega, a state rep from Houston, making a pitch for his experience in an interview with the El Paso Times: "I think it's time we send people to Washington that have got a few knots on their head."