Less Quote by Raja Krishnamoorthi

Congress was designed by the Founding Fathers to move slowly, precisely to avoid the sudden panic of a one-week solution that becomes a 20-year…

— Newt Gingrich

The people are responsible for the character of their Congress.

— James A. Garfield

Most members of Congress are politicians. They're bores. They're damn boring. They have no imagination, and they don't know how to imagine the future.

— Ray Bradbury

I've seen Congress do some remarkable things within a short period of time.

— Anthony Foxx

The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly embarrasses the operations of the Government. They…

— James K. Polk

Congress is full of people who get reelected and reelected. How can you have urgency when there are all of those safe seats?

— John P. Kotter

You have to build relationships and learn what are the things that are of interest to other members of Congress, what are the things…

— Sharice Davids

All the public business in Congress now connects itself with intrigues, and there is great danger that the whole government will degenerate into a…

— John Quincy Adams

Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less…

— Anonymous

Before you can have an act of Congress, you have to have a Congress willing to act.

— Al N. Green

Congress is a long game. It takes a long time to wield influence in Washington, D.C.

— Ritchie Torres

Unfortunately, most of Congress has little to offer except making noise and knowing how to move up the bloated political chain.

— Robert Blaha