Congressman Quotes
126 quotes by 104 authors
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I'm not a professional politician. I'm a professional problem solver, and I believe we should cut the salaries of senators and congressmen 10 percent until…
— Herman Cain
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I got to be White House chief of staff, ten years of congressman, secretary of defense, vice-president. If you're a political junkie like I obviously…
— Dick Cheney
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The government is unresponsive to the needs of the little man. Under 5' 7", it is impossible to get your congressman on the phone.
— Woody Allen
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I don't know what's wrong with my television set. I was getting C-Span and the Home Shopping Network on the same station. I actually bought…
— Bruce Baum
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Fleas can be taught nearly anything a congressman can.
— Mark Twain
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The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except they keep coming back
— Will Rogers
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There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.
— Sydney J. Harris
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The single most important thing you can do politically for gay rights is to come out. Not to write a letter to your congressman but…
— Barney Frank
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So what? A lobbyist cheated Indian tribes out of $25 million then laundered their money through phony Christian charities trying to stop other Indian tribes…
— Stephen Colbert
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African American Congressman Bobby Rush wore a hoodie on the floor of Congress to make a point this week. And they threw him out. They…
— Bill Maher
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I've done a whole lot of things. I've had the pleasure of introducing two presidents, several senators and congressmen.
— Roy Acuff
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By journalistic custom and D.C. law, of course, reporters don't carry guns to news conferences -- and certainly not when the person at the lectern…
— Dana Milbank
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There are many farm handouts; but let's call them what they really are: a form of legalized theft. Essentially, a congressman tells his farm constituency,…
— Walter E. Williams
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I was the first American citizen to be elected to Congress in spite of the double drawbacks of being female and having skin darkened by…
— Shirley Chisholm
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And what I've come to learn is that it's the manufacturer's handbook, is what I call it. It teaches us how to run our lives…
— Paul Broun
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I’m a Congressman, and can do whatever I want
— Bob Filner
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How did the party that elected the first black U.S. senator, the party that elected the first 20 African American congressmen, become a party that…
— Rand Paul
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That isn't how I've always felt. As a congressman, and more recently as a senator, I opposed marriage for same-sex couples. Then something happened that…
— Rob Portman
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We have the best congressmen that money can buy.
— Jo Ann Dearing
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If you're 54 or 55, you might want to listen because this will affect you. The idea, which was originally presented by Congressman Ryan, your…
— Barack Obama
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