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So our focus has to be on the things that we can control, which is to take the necessary measures working with Congress to ensure… — Jay Carney
We simply must look beyond partisan goals and find common ground as Americans. It is imperative that the Members of Congress recognize that partisanship will… — Michael Dean Crapo
Congress is headed in the wrong direction with this bill which removes any and all incentives from the food industry to improve their products for… — Bob Filner
I wish I could set deadlines for the Congress, but that's just not the way the Constitution is written. — Robert M. Gates
How many times will this Congress waste time on an issue that a majority of Americans do not want? — Raul Grijalva
One of the big changes in the Congress since I first came to Washington is that all of these folks go home every weekend. They… — Robert M. Gates
I wrote one terrible manuscript after another for a decade and I guess they gradually got a little less terrible. But there were many, many… — Seth Grahame-Smith
When I started my campaign for Congress, I was one who people said, 'Tulsi, you have a bright future, but there's no way you can… — Tulsi Gabbard
Hopefully the presence in Congress of an American who happens to be Hindu will increase America's understanding of India as well as India's understanding of… — Tulsi Gabbard
The salary of a member of Congress ends the day that he of she leaves office. — Virgil Goode
Congress is full of good, decent, smart people who have devoted their lives to public service. — Jonathan Haidt
We in Congress need to do everything possible to encourage and cultivate small businesses, so that they can expand and create jobs. Far too often,… — Kay Hagan
There has been a growing consensus across the country - from statehouses to the White House and the halls of Congress - that we need… — Ruben Hinojosa
I hope to continue to be serving South Dakota in Congress. — Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
While Congress can't overturn the Supreme Court, we can provide carrots and sticks to prevent local governments from unfairly taking property from landowners. — Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Most of us complain about Congress. We say it's a place that doesn't reflect us; they don't listen to us. Actually, Congress well reflects the… — Bob Inglis
I don't believe in lobbying only progressives and liberal members of Congress. I don't believe in doing interviews only with those who share my views.… — Bianca Jagger
My parents both were doing the Civil Rights Movement, were very involved with the civil rights to Congress. And my friends' parents were as well. — Janis Ian
You know, this is - one can imagine how life would be different if one body of Congress was controlled by the other party, there… — Michael Isikoff
Despite the goings-on in Congress, I don't believe the USA is bordering on madness. I believe Mexico and Canada are. — Robert Breault
In fact, corporate and union moneys go overwhelmingly to incumbents, so limiting that money, as Congress did in the campaign finance law, may be the… — Elena Kagan
I cut the taxes on everybody. I didn't cut them. The Congress cut them. I asked them to cut them. — George W. Bush
Illegal immigration presents a huge problem. That is why I decided to spend a week along the southern border to see firsthand how bad the… — Ric Keller
Is the appointment of Chaplains to the two Houses of Congress consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious freedom? In strictness… — James Madison
Justice White's conclusion is perhaps correct, if one assumes that the task of a court of law is to plumb the intent of the particular… — Antonin Scalia

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