Congress Quote by Bruce Babbitt

It was kind of interesting: [People] didn't really want to talk about it too much. And then after the election, it's kind of like…

— Collin Peterson

It was frightening because it was the first time I had gotten a sense of how serious the problem was. It became clear from…

— Fred F. Fielding

I talk about going to his [George W. Bush's] Inauguration and crying when he took the oath, 'cause I was so afraid he was…

— Sarah Vowell

As Members of Congress, we weren't sent to Washington to do what's easy - we were sent here to take action, even when the…

— Brian Mast

It's like going into the Senate. You know, the first time you get there, you're all excited, 'My God, how did I ever get…

— Mike Gravel

It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' it was certainly my position, my recommendation to get us out of an even…

— Colin Powell

I've seen Congress do some remarkable things within a short period of time.

— Anthony Foxx

I was distressed that after 9/11, when the United States was attacked by terrorists, the United States' response was to attack Afghanistan, where some…

— Alice Walker

Speaking as a New Yorker, I found it (9/11 event] a shocking and terrifying event, particularly the scale of it. At bottom, it was…

— Edward Said

I send my condolences, and the condolences of the Palestinian people to American President Bush and his government and to the American people for…

— Yasser Arafat

We told them this morning and I think they (reacted) like you would expect. It was a surprise and the reality of this is…

— Mike Jackson

For senators to complain that they didn't know this was happening, we had many, many meetings that have been both classified and unclassified that…

— Harry Reid