Congress Quote by Pete Hoekstra Download Open image “Complying with requests from Congress is not optional. It is mandatory.” — Pete Hoekstra ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Congress Mandatory Optional Requests
Before you can have an act of Congress, you have to have a Congress willing to act. — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
It is not the constitutional prerogative of the Government to determine needs. — David Mamet Copy Share Image
What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary? — Marion Barry Copy Share Image
It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Don't count on Congress. Laws come into being because people on the ground demand it. — Terri Sewell Copy Share Image
Dont count on Congress. Laws come into being because people on the ground demand it. — Terri Sewell Copy Share Image
Congress must not do something just for the sake of doing something. We must carefully and thoughtfully consider the implications of any action and… — Richard Burr Copy Share Image
[The necessary and proper clause] neither enlarges any power specifically granted; nor is it a grant of any new power to Congress; But it… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
I wish I could set deadlines for the Congress, but that's just not the way the Constitution is written. — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[It is not the purpose nor right of Congress] to attend to what generosity and humanity require, but to what the Constitution and their… — William Branch Giles Copy Share Image
It's very important that the determination of the US Congress to do what is is needed be made evident this week and by the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi and the radical Islamist mullahs ruling Iran share many similarities, but honesty and negotiating in good faith are not… — Pete Hoekstra Copy Share Image
Gingrich, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, and Clinton passed legislation because they understood and appreciated the difficult political process. They fought for their principles… — Pete Hoekstra Copy Share Image
The West needs leaders with the courage and the will to fight the scourge of radical Islam. — Pete Hoekstra Copy Share Image
Good governance requires working toward common ground. It isn't easy. — Pete Hoekstra Copy Share Image
Not once during Obama's tenure did the country achieve an annual 3 percent rate of economic growth. — Pete Hoekstra Copy Share Image
From my experience as Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, if a congressperson is identified as a potential target by a foreign intelligence service,… — Pete Hoekstra Copy Share Image
Belonging to the Gang of Eight carries massive responsibility in representing all 435 members of the legislature in very sensitive national security exercises. — Pete Hoekstra Copy Share Image
World leaders need to approach the problems in the Middle East and northern Africa with imaginative ideas such as those that created the E.U. — Pete Hoekstra Copy Share Image
It seems that whenever America faced a challenge, it faced it and overcame it. — Pete Hoekstra Copy Share Image
Just as sports teams recognize the potentially game-changing benefit of calling time-outs, failing to do so in matters of warfare is a surefire way… — Pete Hoekstra Copy Share Image
Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984. — Ed Gillespie Copy Share Image
We will make sure our troops have all that is necessary to complete their missions. That's why I went to the Congress last September… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I can't imagine that I would be asked that by the president-elect [Donald Trump], or then-president [Barack Obama]. But it's - I'm very clear.… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
So our focus has to be on the things that we can control, which is to take the necessary measures working with Congress to… — Jay Carney Copy Share Image
It's disgraceful that year after year, Congress has bowed to the tobacco lobby and refused to act. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
The Constitution is very clear on the - on the declaration of war or reacting to international crimes - crimes against nations. It is… — Joe Pitts Copy Share Image
Can you understand why the Congress, most states and most cities refuse to pass legislation requiring the registration and licensing of any and all… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
As the longest serving Independent in the history of the United States Congress, as somebody who came into office by defeating an incumbent Democratic… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
As the first Member of Congress from western Washington to serve on the House Agriculture Committee in over 50 years, I am proud to… — Rick Larsen Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We need less travelling by jet plaes from congress to congress... but more kneeling and praying and pleading to God to have mercy on… — Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
Well I think that what we're seeing now is that the people feel like they, the people in Congress don't have their consent to… — Laura Ingraham Copy Share Image
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