Congress Quotes · Page 103

Well, as a former small businessperson - I understand what's going on, I think in the business community. And businesspeople around the…

— John Boehner

So the president is like, "Well, once upon a time it was Congress's job to decide whether or not we attacked countries,…

— Hank Green

I'm the one who will not raise taxes. My opponent now says he'll raise them as a last resort, or a third…

— George H. W. Bush

I can finally go home and tell the constituents, law enforcement, and leaders in Washington state that Congress is treating the meth…

— Rick Larsen

The Constitution sets out no standards for granting pardons. They require no consent from Congress, and courts can't second-guess them.

— George T. Conway III

Pigs are smarter than dogs, and both are smarter than Congress.

— Elayne Boosler

There's not an appropriations bill in the last 10 years that the-that Democrats passed in the Congress. We haven't spent any money…

— Chaka Fattah

There aren't a whole lot of people out of 300 million who could elected to the Congress.

— Jim Moran

Since coming to Congress in 1971, I have been fighting to help create an environment where the goals of the National Work…

— Charles B. Rangel

And after September the 11th, the United States Congress also granted me additional authority to use military force against al Qaeda. . . .

— George W. Bush

It has been a privilege beyond belief for me to have represented the State of Louisiana in Congress and to have been…

— Lindy Boggs

Now if you should hear any one say that Lincoln don't [sic] want to go to Congress, I wish you as a…

— Abraham Lincoln

I have a range of scenarios. One of them is a chaos, that what could happen is Congress does step up a…

— David Frum

One of my chief criticisms of U.S. international policy is that Congress has largely abdicated its foreign policy-making responsibilities to the executive…

— Chris Murphy

Every member of Congress and every Senator kind of runs their own race with their own message because they don't want to…

— Christopher Michael Cillizza

Caring for our nation's veterans and investing in Picatinny are some of my top priorities in Congress.

— Mikie Sherrill

The president of the United States, on Inauguration Day, takes an oath to faithfully execute the laws. Those are the laws that…

— Jim Sensenbrenner

The officers of Congress, may come upon you now, fortified with all the terrors of paramount federal authority. Excisemen taxmen may come…

— Patrick Henry

I never thought I would run for Congress. If you look back at a certain reality TV show, you know that.

— Sean Duffy

Secularism for the Congress is merely a slogan while for the BJP it is an article of faith. Secularism is about votebank…

— Narendra Modi

There is no proof. There are no authorities whatever. No president, Academy, Court of Law, Congress or Senate on this earth has…

— Wilhelm Reich

I ran for Congress, just once.

— Shirley Temple

We think it's so important that we get [Carolyne] Maloney in that seat [in Congress]. It's one of the reasons; we also…

— Eleanor Smeal

We had so many different presidents, including Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln - there were other founders like Hamilton, Adams - who made it…

— Mike Huckabee

There are so many items that are not in the copyright domain. And people might not realize the Library of Congress manages…

— Carla Hayden