I hope that your committee will not permit doubt as to…

I hope that your committee will not permit doubt as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to block the suggested legislation (the Guffey Coal Control Bill)

— Franklin D Roosevelt

What's insulting to the American people, the Senate, to this whole process is that the Republicans, with all other nominees, have said Democrats are…

— Rachel Maddow

As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public…

— Gavin Newsom

I was the chairman of the House Budget Committee and one of the chief architects the last time we balanced a budget, and it…

— John Kasich

I come to this debate, Mr. Speaker, as one at the end of 10 years in office on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,…

— Nancy Pelosi

I find it profoundly symbolic that I am appearing before a committee of fifteen men who will report to a legislative body of one…

— Letty Cottin Pogrebin

When you have the Chief of Staff of the Republican National Committee and the political director of the Romney campaign, and their two companies…

— Patrick Caddell

If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into committees. That'll do them in.

— Anonymous

Government likes committees... a lot. Committees kill all the really good ideas and generally all the really bad ideas. They produce middle-ground mush.

— Betsy DeVos

It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the thing, otherwise the world will not believe. That is…

— Anthony Trollope

I was the chairman of the Budget Committee and the lead architect the last time it happened in Washington, and when we did it…

— John Kasich

As the first Member of Congress from western Washington to serve on the House Agriculture Committee in over 50 years, I am proud to…

— Rick Larsen

There is not a revolution that succe Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from the committee…

— Nawal El Saadawi

“The reason you have committees is that you have divided responsibilities,” Jobs said. “We don’t. At Apple you can figure out exactly who is…

— Adam Lashinsky

My feeling has always been that 'Good Eats' would have never happened had it been left to a committee.

— Alton Brown