[Ben Ficklin]

"DeLay was pointing out...is that the beds weren't available"

As I also pointed out above, Mr DeLay ia/was an important man in Congress and since Congress appropriates the money for these dentention bed, why didn't he see to it that there are more of them.

Face the facts, DeLay's statements are nothing more than rhetoric to raise money/get re-elected.

[inquest]

As I also pointed out above, Mr DeLay ia/was an important man in Congress and since Congress appropriates the money for these dentention bed, why didn't he see to it that there are more of them.

Umm, that's what he's trying to do. "Being an important man in Congress" does not translate to being able to snap your fingers and get Congress to appropriate the money. Especially when it's the Senate that's the holdup.