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Congress Quotes by Dick Thornburgh
- If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its non-federal affairs, as…
- Internal self-government under a local constitution was authorized by Congress and approved by the residents in 1952, but federal law is supreme in Puerto Rico…
- The political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive the support needed for enactment into law during my tenure…
- If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their own self-interest and express their…
- The need for a permanent status resolution approved by Congress is made even more clear to me because of my experience as a former Under-Secretary-General…
- Apparently tired of waiting for clear direction from Congress, the people of Puerto Rico have used the tools provided by their own local constitution to…
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- I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal government to… — Michele Bachmann
- I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are… — Michele Bachmann
- Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee. — F. Lee Bailey
- I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young people by… — Birch Bayh
- Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with even deeper… — Evan Bayh
- Memo to Congress: America's problem is not that government is too small. It's the spending, stupid! — Bob Beauprez
- Not a single time have we gotten a right from Congress or from the President. We get them from God. — Glenn Beck