Congress Quote by Neera Tanden

The problem... is that most members of Congress don't pay attention to what's going on.

— John McCain

The biggest surprise to me is many members in Congress don't actually work.

— Marjorie Taylor Greene

Typically, members of Congress don't just hear a story about a program and indicate whether they support it or not.

— Matt Gaetz

Most of what we report from Congress they don't care about unless it affects them directly.

— Roone Arledge

I understand clearly as a freshman in Congress, you don't get to steer the bus.

— Bill Foster

I request that they may be considered in confidence, until the members of Congress are fully possessed of their contents, and shall have had…

— John Adams

If there's a distinct group of Americans who harbor open contempt for constitutional principles and rule of law, it's lawyers, judges and members of…

— Walter E. Williams

I haven't met a single person, Republican or Democrat, who thinks it's just fine for members of Congress to sit on the boards of…

— Tom Malinowski

Congress is the third branch of government... which makes every one of the 535 members of Congress 1/535th of that important one-third, which works…

— Wesley Pruden

If a trip is worth taking, members of Congress should be prepared to justify paying for it out of their office accounts.

— Russ Feingold

What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or…

— Evan Bayh

WASHINGTON - Ever since President Obama ordered American warplanes to begin bombing terrorist targets in Iraq and Syria last year, members of Congress have…

— Peter Baker

We have some of the most influential Members of Congress here today, and I do hope that we can get this appropriation for these…

— John F. Kennedy

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

About one-half of the members of Congress are seekers for office at the nomination of the President. Of the remainder, at least one-half have…

— John Quincy Adams