Congress Quotes
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In my 31 years in Congress, I have seen a lot of changes. We made some substantial policy changes that have improved our parks system and our public lands.
Ralph Regula -
I said what I said before Congress because I meant every word of it.
Rafael Palmeiro
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We have some Jewish members of Congress, not a lot but there's a bunch of us.
Gary Ackerman -
'Favoritism' is always a factor, and pressure always build for the appointment of friends of influential supporters of the President, or for the nominees of powerful Member of Congress from the incoming President's party.
Richard V. Allen -
I was elected six times to represent southern Arizona, in the State Legislature and then in Congress.
Gabrielle Giffords -
In the meantime, that case has to be made to the American people as well, and it will be part of the Congress' role to do that as well.
Dennis Hastert -
It wasn't until after I was reelected in 1982 that I thought of myself as a long-term member of Congress.
Barney Frank -
With scientific advances, Congress must now make changes to reflect new therapeutic options.
Nathan Deal
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We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us.
Nancy Pelosi -
You can see how dysfunctional this Congress is.
Pat Toomey -
Being elected to Congress, though I am very grateful to our friends for having done it, has not pleased me as much as I expected.
Abraham Lincoln -
Thanks to President Obama for joining a unanimous Congress and signing S 2195 into law.
Ted Cruz -
I wish that I'd been in Congress at some point. Especially now with Bush there. But I would have a really hard time getting elected because of my views. L.A. is very ethnic. Many of the Jewish voters would not support me because of my views on the Middle East.
B. R. Hayden -
Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.
Sam Rayburn
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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 -
I would a whole lot rather had Carly Fiorina over there doing our negotiation than John Kerry. Maybe we would've gotten a deal where we didn't give everything away. But the issue for us is to have a Congress that stands up and says not only no, but "Hell no" to this money going to a Iran regime that is going to use it for terror...
Rick Perry -
I have one desire: That is to have a principle-based, member-driven Congress. Period. That's what I want.
Dan Webster -
The authority to declare war rests in Congress, not in an out-of-control president.
Ted Cruz -
I never dread going back to Congress.
Nancy Pelosi -
While nobody was opening their mouths in other parties, mouths were wide open in the Congress
P. V. Narasimha Rao
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In a certain sense, and to a certain extent, he [the president] is the representative of the people. He is elected by them, as well as congress is. But can he, in the nature [of] things, know the wants of the people, as well as three hundred other men, coming from all the various localities of the nation? If so, where is the propriety of having a congress?
Abraham Lincoln -
Intelligence is playing a more important role in policymaker decisions than I think I've ever seen in my time in Congress or before.
Mike Rogers -
As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it.
George Washington -
When I first ran for Congress in 1998, people counted me out.
Tammy Baldwin