Congress suffers a great deal of criticism for its partisan acrimony. But while we may disagree politically, and air our opposition in… — Kay Bailey Hutchison Copy Share Image
When I came to Congress, like our first panel, small business people, 64 percent of the people had health insurance. We'd buy… — Bart Stupak Copy Share Image
My feeling is, if you're going to be called a celebrity, you might as well use it for some good. It's better… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
[Donald] Trump's hunt for a cheap enemy right now comes as journalists and members of Congress are looking at potentially serious conflicts… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
Any online gamblers here? Well, Congress is looking in shutting that down.There's going to be a massive congressional investigation of online gambling… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
I don't believe in lobbying only progressives and liberal members of Congress. I don't believe in doing interviews only with those who… — Bianca Jagger Copy Share Image
When I was in Congress, I worked with Joe Kennedy to rename the Justice Department for Bobby, and when I retired, Teddy… — Joe Scarborough Copy Share Image
What will get you elected through a tough election cycle and what will get you kicked out when you should have won… — Joe Kennedy III Copy Share Image
There were two unpleasant surprises [about Washington]. One was the inertia of Congress, the length of time it takes to get a… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
My number one objective continues to be to defund or delay the implementation of Obamacare. But as long as any piece of… — Michael McCaul Copy Share Image
If we had decided on January 5, in the new House of Representatives, to make no new spending bills, the debt ceiling… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
The challenge we face as a government is meeting expectations - not specific expectations, but the larger expectations: things that need to… — Nirmala Sitharaman Copy Share Image
When a part of our nation gets knocked down, we come together to help pick it up again. No questions asked. That's… — Paul Tonko Copy Share Image
We want to obviously foster a relationship that we're a partner with states; that we all share the same goals of closing… — Margaret Spellings Copy Share Image
As a regent, I hope to bring that important perspective of a typical family visitor in combination with my background as a… — Xavier Becerra Copy Share Image
If I were in Congress in 1996, I would have voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, which used Congress's constitutional authority… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Everybody on this floor wants to send the same loud and clear message: that Congress is united in its opposition to terror… — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
When I came to Congress, I came to bring what I thought was a real-world business perspective to government because, in the… — Melissa Bean Copy Share Image
OK, so this pack - tax package includes about 50 tax breaks. None of them are new. They were all existing tax… — Susan Davis Copy Share Image
The First and Fourteenth Amendments say that Congress and the States shall make "no law" which abridges freedom of speech or of… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I don't think we can afford to wait when it comes to cybersecurity. I think that every day we wait, if an… — Michael McCaul Copy Share Image
Prayer and dependence on God has been our history. How unfortunate it is now that an unaccountable and unelected and misguided judge… — James Dobson Copy Share Image
“The two main problems with signature and heuristic based anti-virus is the mutating hash and the fact that you first need a… — James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision rejected Congress' findings and its method of reasoning, .. Is there any real justification for the court's… — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
There was this moment in 2003 when I was asked to do a fundraiser for someone who was speaking out against the… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
Although I agree that wild horses are a symbol of the American West, I also believe that it is the responsibility of… — Jon Porter Copy Share Image
Dialogue is good, America used to talk to Iraq all the time. Members of Congress don't have any special skill in weapons… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
There are many individual senators, including myself, who have said that, at an appropriate time after disposing of the impeachment matter, that… — Carl Levin Copy Share Image
In fact, corporate and union moneys go overwhelmingly to incumbents, so limiting that money, as Congress did in the campaign finance law,… — Elena Kagan Copy Share Image
They all want to be me. They do! What everybody else says they will do, I've already been doing. They all want… — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
I learned that Congress is a place with more heart than courage; there are more good souls in Washington than brave ones.… — Joaquin Castro Copy Share Image
In the United States we have, in effect, two governments ... We have the duly constituted Government ... Then we have an… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
The urge to pass new laws must be seen as an illness, not much different from the urge to bite old women.… — Auberon Waugh Copy Share Image
... scientists have made no clear effort to become an important, independently active force of mankind. Whole congresses at a time, they… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
Wishing won't make it so Hoping won't do it, praying won't do it Religion won't do it, philosophy won't do it The… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
There you go again. When I opposed Medicare, there was another piece of legislation meeting the same problem before the Congress. I… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Let's come together and form our own party, and give the other parties hell - and then vette who we want, and… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The longer we go without strong leadership from the Administration and until we see significant progress in the day-to-day lives of the… — Dennis Cardoza Copy Share Image
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