Congress Quotes

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The real reason to abolish departments like Energy and Education is not to promote efficiency, nor even to save taxpayers’ money. It is that many… — David Boaz
Lobbyists are in many cases expert technicians and capable of explaining complex and difficult subjects in a clear, understandable fashion. They engage in personal discussions… — John F. Kennedy
The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors. — Ambrose Bierce
Only perhaps in the United States, which alone of countries can do without governing,every man being at least able to live, and move off into… — Thomas Carlyle
Congress should not be like the Super Bowl where you have to have one team that's going to win and another team that's going to… — John Breaux
Let me make it clear that I do not assert that a President and the Congress must on all points agree with each other at… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
I hope to see the bringing together of all the best educated people of the earth into a worldwide Congress of Scientists. — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
The two great political parties of the nation have existed for the purpose, each in accordance with its own principles, of undertaking to serve the… — Calvin Coolidge
The intelligence community, for the most part, has no accountability at all; to the Congress, to us the American people, and so they feel that… — Gloria Naylor
But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I… — Geraldine Ferraro
I mean to say that Congress can hereafter decide whether any states, slave or free, can be framed out of Texas. If they should never… — William H. Seward
Congress-these, for the most part, illiterate hacks whose fancy vests are spotted with gravy, and whose speeches, hypocritical, unctuous, and slovenly, are spotted also with… — Mary McCarthy
A President and his wise men can only propose; but Congress disposes. It is when President and Congress agree that American history marches forward. — Theodore White
I agree with just about everyone in the reform debate when they say 'If you like what you have, you should be able to keep… — Ron Wyden
Congress should consult experts and consider alternatives and make 100% sure that any step it takes to police the Internet doesn't change the Internet as… — Ron Wyden
I ran for Congress, just once. — Shirley Temple
I come from a political family. My father was a freedom fighter. He was a prominent leader of the locality and member of the Congress… — Pranab Mukherjee
Of course, running a coalition government in a country like India is a difficult task. More so when Congress leads the coalition, since most of… — Pranab Mukherjee
Pentagon dollars are essentially seen as a different kind of funding that doesn't have to stand for itself and make an argument for itself in… — Rachel Maddow
It is easy to talk about tax simplification, and we all know it is very difficult to accomplish; but for the last three Congresses, I… — Richard Neal
The tax relief that this Congress has given now in terms of four tax cuts has overwhelmingly gone to the people at the very top… — Richard Neal
Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities. — Jared Polis
I'm also politically independent so I'm not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress. — Kal Penn
I've spoken in front of members of the U.S. Congress about a new dream of living in communities where everybody is welcome and everyone can… — Lauren Potter
I not going to focus on what I have done in the past what I stand for, what I articulate to the American people. The… — Dan Quayle

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