Congress Quotes · Page 57

The same people own the media that own the White House that own the Congress that own the oil fields. They all…

— Gore Vidal

Low oil prices played a part in a major move by Congress voting to end the 40-year-old ban on exporting American crude…

— Ari Shapiro

It is our duty as representatives in Congress to do the most for everyone we represent, beginning with those who have the…

— Cori Bush

Things were very different back in 1992. There was unrest in the Middle East, we had a gridlocked Congress, and everybody was…

— Craig Ferguson

Yes, [I am accusing the CIA of] misleading the Congress of the United States, misleading the Congress of the United States. I…

— Nancy Pelosi

In a body [like Congress] where there are more than one hundred talking lawyers, you can make no calculation upon the termination…

— Franklin Pierce

The worst excesses of the Congress of the 1980s pale in comparison with what is going on in Washington today.

— Marty Meehan

We need a Congress that understands the sanctity of life, the sanctity of traditional values, the sanctity of traditional marriage.

— Thom Tillis

Congress has a legitimate interest in making sure that a practice that appears to reduce disease and healthcare costs remains available to…

— Brad Sherman

If members of Congress were to vote to allow a military action, they might then share the blame if the mission were…

— Tom Malinowski

Plain and simple, Congress must act to meet the needs of our constituents. We can do that by strengthening families, increasing the…

— Paul Tonko

I've been talking to people all over the country, city council members, grassroots leaders, party leaders, members in Congress - and you…

— Keith Ellison

I had hoped to hear the President tonight tell the Congress and the American people exactly how he plans to tackle some…

— Frank Lautenberg

I do not believe that Congress or the Administration should prohibit the medical community from pursuing a promising avenue of research that…

— Tom Allen

Crooked Hillary Clinton bleached and deleted 33,000 emails, lied to Congress under oath, made 13 iPhones disappear, some with a hammer, then…

— Donald Trump

The intoxication of power rapidly sobers off in the knowledge of its restrictions and under the prompt reminder of an ever-present and…

— William Howard Taft

I think that Goldman Sachs and the Pentagon determine more of America's outcome then any president or any congress, that sounds a…

— Henry Rollins

Bureaucracy has committed murder here in the greater New Orleans area, and bureaucracy has to stand trial before Congress now.

— Aaron Broussard

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I think it's important that we have different perspectives. We need more diversity in Congress.

— Deb Haaland

President Bush has urged people to get back to normal and today Congress announced that they are accepting bribes again.

— Jay Leno

In 1981, I spoke at the Olympic Congress. I was scandalised that I was the first athlete to be given that chance.…

— Sebastian Coe

I cut the taxes on everybody. I didn't cut them. The Congress cut them. I asked them to cut them.

— George W. Bush

It is the RSS and the BJP that have always initiated political violence in our midst; not just in Kerala, but in…

— Pinarayi Vijayan

There are even more fatalities from cirrhoses of the liver [than automobiles], yet Congress has not once mentioned outfitting us all with…

— Patrick Bedard

I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and…

— Jacob Lew

Congress is a middle-aged, middle-class, white male power structure ... no wonder it's been so totally unresponsive to the needs of this country.

— Bella Abzug

Congress has the authority to authorize spending and investment to historically neglected and marginalized communities.

— Jamaal Bowman

Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will…

— Anonymous

When you're the president of the United States, you have no money unless the Congress says, 'Here's what you can spend it…

— Dana Perino

Congress must continue its support for U.S. aid to Israel, and Congress must confront terrorists and their backers like Iran.

— Ronny Jackson

I have the utmost respect for our nation's veterans, and it is an honor to represent our servicemen and women in Congress.

— Byron Donalds

Each year thousands of embryos, no bigger than the head of a pin, are created in the process of in vitro fertilization,…

— Lois Capps

Marching with over a million women in support of our reproductive rights was one of the most empowering things I have done,…

— Sheila Jackson Lee

Members of Congress have more in common with the people they hobnob in Washington, D.C., than they do with the people they're…

— Ben Shapiro

It was declared by Congress that marijuana makes people insane. But . . . lawyers, defense lawyers, got the idea, OK, I…

— Noam Chomsky

Most of the men and women who vote in Congress each year to continue subsidies have taken campaign donations from big energy…

— Bill McKibben

A lot about Congress is about forming good working relationships with people, and humor can really help you do that.

— Linda Sanchez

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the…

— Abraham Lincoln

Mike Pence, of course, is a governor with executive experience and doing well in a Midwestern state, but also served in Congress.…

— Steve Scalise