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Yes, I introduced the congressional pay cut bill, cutting our salaries by five percent. And I think we have to lead by example. — Ann Kirkpatrick
Congressional staff members do have a considerable amount of responsibility. But in my experience, the loyalty of the vast majority of staffers to their bosses… — John Harwood
The administration of George W. Bush, emboldened by the Sept. 11 attacks and the backing of a Republican Congress, has sought to further extend presidential… — Noah Feldman
It was Hurricane Sandy that not only decimated parts of my district but pushed me to the brink of my frustrations with the game of… — Jon Runyan
Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists. — Patricia Schroeder
Books about spies and traitors - and the congressional hearings that follow the exposure of traitors - generally assume that false-negative errors are much worse… — Malcolm Gladwell
Organizational structures that allow divisions and departments to own their turf and people with long tenure to take root creates the same hardened group distinctions… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Serving in Congress is the great honor of my professional life. I am deeply grateful to the people of the 4th Congressional District for placing… — Unknown Author
Ultimately, Congressional medicine is like veterinary medicine: It must be strong enough to work, and tasty enough to swallow. — Jim Cooper
Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout. — Melvin Maddocks
All alone in a committee room of the Senate Office Building in Washington, I was reading the dry typewritten pages in an unpublished report of… — Robert W. Welch, Jr.
Alabama seniors all across the Third Congressional District continue facing high drug costs. — Mike Rogers
Just this week, my husband proposed a plan for schools and libraries to develop their own plans to keep children from finding indecent material on… — Tipper Gore
Back in the mid-1980s, congressional hearings were held after we brought this litigation, and held up the first experiment. At that time, I went in… — Jeremy Rifkin
There was no Congressional Club for my first campaign. There was no organized state group of Young Republicans, but there was a dedicated core of… — Jesse Helms
The cost of congressional and presidential campaigns has been leaping every two or four years. I think this year it will be 60 percent more… — Robert McChesney
Even the Congressional Budget Office and the Social Security trustees appointed by the president say that Social Security is financially sound, without any changes for… — James Roosevelt
Well, I mean, Congress did originally set the formula for the state grants, and they guaranteed every state a minimum formula. So that was a… — Michael Chertoff
I want to step up our voter-registration activities. Not every branch does it, and not all the time. I want them to go back and… — Julian Bond
Our congressional district is the fastest growing in the state. Nowhere is there a greater need for new and improved roads and transit systems that… — Judy Biggert
I have been privileged to have the opportunity to work with many of African American fraternal and social organizations that are active in my congressional… — Chris Van Hollen
The Congressional Budget Office tells us that Medicare spending has increased fivefold in the past 42 years, dramatically more than all other categories of federal… — David Limbaugh
I think national issues play into gubernatorial races less than, obviously, in Senate and Congressional races. Much less. They tend to be more decided by… — Ed Rendell
My primary motivation for running for the 9th Congressional District is that I strongly believe that one of the hallmarks of the American democracy is… — Willie Herenton
From the takeover of Detroit and the failed stimulus packages to the enactment of Obamacare, the president and congressional Democrats chose to use Americas economic… — Jeb Hensarling

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