Congress Quotes · Page 85

My golf-loving friend Bob Hope asked me what my handicap was, so I told him - the Congress.

— Ronald Reagan

U.S. Constitution declares rather unambiguously that Congress has the responsibility to “declare war.

— Marvin Kalb

We're going to have more women run for office. We can shift what's going on in Congress.

— Rashida Tlaib

Originally, Congress provided in 1793 that all foreign coins circulating in the United States be legal tender. Indeed, foreign coins have been…

— Murray Rothbard

All we're getting from the Democratic majority in Congress and from this White House is more bailouts, more spending, more planned stimulus,…

— Mike Pence

This In Friendship - out of it came certain connections with the liberal labor establishment. Among the personalities that were involved were…

— Ella Baker

Congress has changed the Social Security system over time, and over 20 times in the past Congress has raised taxes on Social…

— Chris Chocola

As president of Common Cause, I joined a coalition of groups ranging from the Christian Coalition to Consumers Union, and we went…

— Chellie Pingree

“The thing they're trying to stop is 30-million people getting health insurance. That's the substance.”

— Chris Hayes

The 2014 election has given the GOP the rare opportunity to retroactively redeem its brand. The conventional perception, incessantly repeated by Democrats…

— Charles Krauthammer

[The Library of Congress] is a multimedia encyclopedia. These are the tentacles of a nation. [Referring to the diverse holdings of the…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

As members of Congress, we take an oath to uphold the Constitution and bear true faith and allegiance to the United States,…

— Jackie Speier

On Tuesday, Utah Candidate Mia Love became the first black Republican woman elected to Congress. She's also a Mormon. Yeah, a black…

— Jimmy Fallon

In the United States large corporations control some members of Congress. All this does is delay the corporation’s funeral at our expense.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by…

— Thomas Jefferson

I realize that some folks might not believe me in this - I didn't run for Congress on the hopes that one…

— Joe Kennedy III

As women are taking an active part in pressing on the consideration of Congress many narrow sectarian measures, such as more rigid…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

If you have given up your militia, and Congress shall refuse to arm them, you have lost every thing. Your existence will…

— Patrick Henry

Law Number XX: In any given year, Congress will appropriate the amount of funding approved the prior year plus three-fourths of whatever…

— Norman Ralph Augustine

I wrote one terrible manuscript after another for a decade and I guess they gradually got a little less terrible. But there…

— Seth Grahame-Smith

I have taken my outside-the-box, innovative, and sometimes unorthodox approach to Congress.

— Jared Polis

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Congress, after years of stalling, finally got around to clearing the way for informal discussions that might lead to possible formal talks…

— Dave Barry

From 1918 on, trade unionists were to express from the platforms of their congresses the workers' desire for peace through a rational…

— Leon Jouhaux

Congress did not pass last year's 2006 budget proposals. The 2007 budget proposals are very similar, and once again unfairly target agriculture.…

— Saxby Chambliss