DeLay also got alot of flak recently for agreeing that people are unemployed because they want to be.
He was probably referring to a study that showed a strong link between expiration of unemployment benefits and when people get jobs. Even so, it's not exactly DeLay's style to avoid letting people make the headline.
Edit: I accidentally irreparably damaged the old design template for this blog, so it's just gonna stay like it is now, I think.