Congressman Quotes · Page 3

I was also a congressman. I had decided to run for office and had become a congressman with Queen Latifah.

— Rob Reiner

I have spent my career trying to get Congressmen to spend the people's money as if it were their own. But I…

— William Proxmire

I should think that an ordinary copy of the King James version would have been good enough for those Congressmen.

— Calvin Coolidge

In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad.

— J. C. Watts

I think Gov. Romney and Congressman Ryan are living in a fairly tale land on their energy policy.

— Ken Salazar

There's not a party, a congressman, a senator, etc. elected that will fix your life. YOU have to fix YOUR life.

— Dave Ramsey

A congressman sent a tweet that compared president Obama to Adolf Hitler. He has now apologized. It's not helping that he apologized…

— Conan O'Brien

I've had a tough time learning how to act like a Congressman. Today I accidentally spent some of my own money.

— Anonymous

I have a big problem when the sanctimonious, holier than thou congressmen and women go on national television for six hours and…

— Bernard Goldberg

As a congressman, I am focused on being a good steward of our natural resources while rolling back regulations that suffocate hardworking…

— John E. James

Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not…

— Donald Trump

A lot of Congressmen yesterday were upset when Kenneth Lay took the Fifth. Lay said it wasn't his fault. He had planned…

— Jay Leno

A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon. Donald Trump fired back at democratic Congressman John Lewis…

— Al Sharpton

Congressmen who willfully take action during wartime that damages morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or…

— Abraham Lincoln

After the risky mortgage-lending practices fostered by government intervention led to massive defaults and foreclosures that caused financial institutions to collapse or…

— Thomas Sowell

I grew up with a very privileged background. My father served as one of the cabinet ministers in Arroyo's government, and he's…

— Miguel Syjuco

We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary. We…

— Malcolm X

The president who did the most for black Americans in 20th century history was Lyndon Johnson, and he got his hands dirty…

— Steve Inskeep

Elijah E. Cummings leaves behind an invaluable legacy as a congressman for Baltimore for more than two decades and as a champion…

— Leana S. Wen

You can't take a congressman to lunch for $25 and buy him a hamburger or a steak or something like that. But…

— Jack Abramoff

Throughout American history, the political leaders have always exhorted the American people to be nice and quiet and leave things to them.…

— Howard Zinn

By journalistic custom and D.C. law, of course, reporters don't carry guns to news conferences -- and certainly not when the person…

— Dana Milbank

I got to be White House chief of staff, ten years of congressman, secretary of defense, vice-president. If you're a political junkie…

— Dick Cheney

If a theology student in lowa should get up at a PTA luncheon in Sioux City and attack the President's military policy,…

— Spiro T. Agnew

There was nothing exceptional about growing up as the son of a congressman.

— Duncan D. Hunter

If a senator or congressman notices 25 phone calls, on any issue, on any given day, it is noted.

— Russ Feingold

Republican Michigan Congressman Justin Amash said, no president is allowed to burn the first amendment.

— Chuck Todd

Issue by issue, if I were a Congressman, I would receive the highest rating from liberal think-tank Americans For Democratic Action.

— Alan Colmes

Talking with most people usually involves a search for truth. Talking with congressmen is strictly special effects.

— Jack McDevitt

My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize

— Hank Johnson

More and more Congressmen now stay in Washington all year-round because they can't stay at home under the laws they've passed.

— Sam Levenson

You can't go to Washington as a congressman and a senator and expect to make a difference all at once. You have…

— Richard Shelby

Rarely does a congressman stand up and defend a liquor company. Rarely does a congressman stand up and defend a bar.

— Jon Taffer

Rail-splitting produced an immortal president in Lincoln, but golf hasn't produced even a good Congressman.

— Will Rogers

Fundamental problem in American democracy is that we are allowing congressmen and senators to be bought and sold like sneakers.

— Alex Gibney

Why are congressmen called public servants? You never see servants that anxious to keep their jobs.

— Robert Quillen

I never can think of Judas Iscariot without losing my temper. To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean,…

— Mark Twain

Before I became a Congressman, I was a United States diplomat. I worked in Afghanistan, spent time in Iraq.

— Andy Kim

Nothing surprised me more, and meant more to me, than seeing an entire class of ninth graders mob Congressman [John] Lewis at…

— Andrew Aydin

“Crittenden Plan because it would permit slavery to expand into the West. Congressman”

— Ronald C. White Jr