Congress Quote by Steve Inskeep Download Open image “Congress can grant a waiver [for General James Mattis ] and has done that once in history.” — Steve Inskeep ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Congress Done General james mattis Grants History James Mattis Waiver
A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward. — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
Before you can have an act of Congress, you have to have a Congress willing to act. — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
What we need is congressional action to establish a federal principle of fiduciary duty - encapsulated by the phrase 'no man can serve two… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
When the President acts, he must do so pursuant to constitutionally enumerated Article II powers or statutory power allocated to him by Congress. — Kayleigh McEnany Copy Share Image
If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer… — James Madison Copy Share Image
If you vote against the Defense Authorization Act in the Senate, you would also veto it as president. — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I do not believe the President requires any additional authorization from the Congress before committing US forces to achieve our objectives in the Gulf. — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
Congress has created and funded a huge peacetime military that has substantial abilities to wage offensive operations, and it has not placed restrictions on… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
Every president since George Washington has respected this clause in the Constitution. We want to avoid that Constitutional potential crisis. And the way to… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to the Congress. — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
India may be overtaking China as the world's most polluted country. Even now, which country is worse depends on the day. — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
As we have seen after every other [Donald] Trump controversy, this one only increased their enthusiasm for him. His supporters thought the idea of… — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
To take one example, I mean, the whole issue of bathrooms and gender - in this particular election, when the stakes were so high,… — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
We've learned something about President-elect [Donald] Trump's choice for secretary of defense. Lawmakers in Congress intend to proper debate over whether retired General James… — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
Toward the end of the campaign, we interviewed some voters in Raleigh, N.C., which is a generally Democratic city, and I'm thinking of a… — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
President-elect Trump has said he would like to improve relations with Russia. His choice for defense secretary views Russia as America's number one threat. — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
Researchers have been asking a basic question of young people. Should men be allowed to beat their wives? How you answer that question may… — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
Karachi captures all of those rifts between ancient and modern, communal and individual. You see them playing out in people's lives. — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
We have 31 Republican governors in this country. We have roughly the same number of Republican legislatures. — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
In this country tonight, PBS shows one of the most talked about tributes of the year. — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
I belong to a bowling team with black and Latino coworkers. And when we get together and we talk about politics - I'm almost… — Steve Inskeep 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