Congress Quote by Rashida Tlaib

I have a Congress on my hands.

— Grover Cleveland

Members are elected to hold the government to account and we've got to allow them to do so.

— Lindsay Hoyle

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

— Al N. Green

We need a Congress that cares more about doing the people's business than their own.

— Christine Todd Whitman

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

— Robert Blaha

Most people want their representatives to get something done.

— Joe Lieberman

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 would give the people what they wanted if the people knew what they wanted, and if Congress could give it to them.

— Evan Esar

Believe it or not, there are members of Congress who actually want to govern and get stuff done. Unfortunately, there are others whose agendas…

— Jon Runyan

It is hard sometimes to get the Congress to do what you want to do and you have to keep working at it.

— Hillary Clinton

People want our elected officials to govern and for government to work.

— Margaret Hoover

I'm not being asked to conform to some prior expectation of what a Congress member is, but I'm just getting to be me.

— Katie Porter