Congress Quotes

1506 Congress quotes by 894 unique authors

Congress requires states to draw single-member districts. — Thomas E. Mann
Just because Congress passes a law and says it's all right to do a certain thing does not mean that it's all right to do… — Shelton Smith
Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less responsible… — Barber Conable
I feel kind of like the black sheep in Congress, but here I am. — Sonny Bono
I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was… — Harold H. Greene
The one thing that I have been struck with, after coming here to Congress is, how many people in Washington, D.C. talk about job loss… — Stephen F. Lynch
I had taken on the color of the climate around me and had driven back all the emotion that rose from the Brooklyn streets so… — Emanuel Celler
For the first 10 years of my life in Congress, I had been too timid to tell the truth as I saw it. In a… — Emanuel Celler
My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future… — Sue Kelly
Benjamin Netanyahu understands that the standing ovation he got in Congress this year was not for his politics. That ovation was bought and paid for… — Thomas Friedman
Last year, Congress gave the Department of Defense the authority to design a new civilian personnel system for its employees as part of the defense… — Norm Dicks
Let me tell you the following words as if I were showing you the rungs of a ladder leading upward and upward: Herzl; the Zionist… — Max Nordau
Bureaucracy has committed murder here in the greater New Orleans area, and bureaucracy has to stand trial before Congress now. — Aaron Broussard
There are bills being discussed to raise the amount that Members of Congress pay in to their benefits and I support these pieces of legislation. — Rob Woodall
As presidential authority expands, and the role of Congress diminishes, the American people continue to lose control over their government. Today's assertions of executive power… — Unknown Author
[The stimulus bill funds] a bureaucratic structure for the government to begin rationing the health care of the American people. They can then lead a… — Unknown Author
Without question, the true goal of some in Congress is to create a system of socialized medicine. It's politically expedient to slap a 'patients' rights'… — Ron Paul
[I am] confident that Congress will pass the Kennedy-Hatch KidCare bill, a first step toward the single-payer socialized medicine system that the NEA [National Education… — Phyllis Schlafly
The federal government seeks to control and regulate the Internet, but the last thing this Congress should be doing is trying to stifle public debate… — Dennis Hastert
Though editorialists at The New York Times and The Washington Post still don't get it, most Democrats in Congress finally do: Today's trade disputes are… — Robert Kuttner
You want to balance the budget in this country? We change the salary structure for Congress and the President. Every year they don't balance the… — Daniel Keys Moran
To put that into some perspective, when Bill Clinton and Al Gore had first taken the idea of the Kyoto Protocol up to the Congress,… — Christine Todd Whitman
As to my Title, I know not yet whether it will be honourable or dishonourable, the issue of the War must Settle it. Perhaps our… — Abraham Clark
I have the Pleasure to assure you Congress pay particular Attention to the Defence of New Jersey, and hitherto have denied us nothing which we… — Abraham Clark
Perhaps our Congress will be Exalted on a high Gallows. — Abraham Clark

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