Big corporations Quote by David Letterman

Some members of Congress now are complaining they are underpaid. They want to propose a pay raise. You can't blame them. A lot of…

— Jay Leno

I firmly believe that if members of Congress fail to perform their most basic duty in passing a budget, then they do not deserve…

— Kurt Schrader

If Congress is unable to do its job and pass a federal budget, then I do not believe we should receive a salary.

— David Valadao

Congress can raise taxes because it can persuade a sizable fraction of the populace that somebody else will pay

— Milton Friedman

If taxpayers want better results from Congress, they must stop paying their elected officials for failure. After all, you get what you pay for.

— Jim Cooper

We have to get rid of the constant fundraising that happens inside the Congress. Before, political parties used to raise money; now, individual members…

— Marcy Kaptur

When I first came to Congress, the party was supposed to help you. Now, when a new member is sworn in, he or she…

— Jim Cooper

This fundraising is consuming us. It's impossible to overstate, I think, what it's doing to members and their ability to just focus on the…

— John Sarbanes

For Members of Congress, we are saying here on the Democratic side of the aisle we are not going to vote for another pay…

— Kendrick Meek

There are bills being discussed to raise the amount that Members of Congress pay in to their benefits and I support these pieces of…

— Rob Woodall

All elections revolve around and are often resolved by who raises the most money. That's unfair. I'd like to see that process changed, but…

— John Murray

Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who…

— E. L. Doctorow