DeLay - "an act of barbarism"

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"An 'Act of Barbarism'
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (search), R-Texas, House Whip Roy Blunt (search), R-Mo., and other lawmakers on Friday held a press conference urging the court to modify its ruling so the Schiavos and others could appear before the committee.

Saying removal of the tube would be 'an act of barbarism' that must be prevented, DeLay blasted Sens. Barbara Boxer (search), D-Calif., Ron Wyden (search), D-Ore., and Carl Levin (search), D-Mich., who he said blocked Senate passage of the Protection of Incapacitated Persons Act (search) of 2005, a measure inspired by the Schiavo case.

'Those senators responsible for blocking our bill ... have put Miss Schiavo's life at risk,' DeLay said. 'We care about saving Terri Schiavo's life. The House bill will do that.'

He also said Schiavo was very much alive. 'She's not just barely alive, she's not being kept alive, she is alive as you and I, and as such, we have a moral obligation to protect and defend her from the fate premeditated by the Florida courts,' DeLay said. 'This is not over � we are still working.'"