Congress Quotes
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Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.
Ed Gillespie
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It would be almost politically suicidal for members of Congress to espouse a balanced position between Israel and Palestine, to suggest that Israel comply with international law or to speak in defense of justice or human rights for Palestinians. If they did so, they couldn't be reelected.
Jimmy Carter
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When the EPA says that property owners, farmers, and livestock producers must stomach higher costs, longer delays, and bigger headaches, it's up to Congress to put up a roadblock.
Sam Graves
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Corruption is everywhere. It's not just in the Congress. Corruption is not just your prerogative or mine.
Kapil Sibal
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The Congress president's post is different from others. It used to be called rashtrapati in the old days. There is just one in the whole country. I felt it was important to maintain the image of that office regardless of whether or not I thought there was a case against me.
P. V. Narasimha Rao
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Every member in Congress has a seat, and they deserve a seat at the table.
Dan Webster
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Dear Mr. President: ... We urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraq sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs.
Joe Lieberman
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Congress should know how to levy taxes, and if it doesn't know how to collect them, then a man is a fool to pay the taxes.
J. P. Morgan
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Ever since I've been in Congress, various groups on the business side, those entities that are creating jobs out there, have felt that the Clean Air Act is really - that there are all sorts of presumptions in favor of the environmentalists.
Ed Whitfield
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All I want to do is get back to a principle-based Congress.
Dan Webster
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Nothing is less suspenseful than a threat that threatens the maker of the threat at least as much as the subject of the threat. Congress hasn't learned this yet, but America has learned it over and over.
Walter Kirn
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It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress.
Fay Vincent
