Congress Quotes
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Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.
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These initial findings are troubling and the committee ... will continue with its own investigation of the STAR program to get at the truth and inform Congress for the future.
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I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation.
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Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.
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I was never supposed to make it to Congress. I was a staff person.
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We are a possession of the United States. Congress has full authorization power over Puerto Rico.
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I'm more concerned about members of Congress being drug-free than I am about members of the Yankees or Giants.
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Corruption is everywhere. It's not just in the Congress. Corruption is not just your prerogative or mine.
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I'm also politically independent so I'm not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress.
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Every member in Congress has a seat, and they deserve a seat at the table.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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If we are to change America, we must change the United States Congress.
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All I want to do is get back to a principle-based Congress.
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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.
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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.
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Congress is my ideological home; I come from a Nehruvian family.
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It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress.
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Congress has a right and a need to know what this proposed deal would mean for terminal operations and security at our ports. Even if they come later than we would have liked, we must get the facts.
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I said what I said before Congress because I meant every word of it.
