Edited sentence: " The Los Angeles Times noted, "there was no such fiery rhetoric as the congressman quietly joined the sad family consensus to let his father die."Extraordinary measures to prolong life were not initiated," said the medical report of Charles DeLay, and cited "agreement with the family's wishes.On March 26, 2005, the Los Angeles Times reported that Congressman DeLay and his family decided, in 1988, to allow his father to die after he was badly injured in a tram accident