Congress Quotes
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Ultimately it all comes down to money, ultimately it all comes down to lab capacity. One thing we are clear about is if that money were to pass in Congress, thousands of lives will be saved.
Chris Asplen
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From early on, everything I did was calculated to being elected to Congress.
Carl Albert
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I believe it is incumbent upon Congress to act aggressively to ameliorate fear and help our country take the essential steps that will make our communities and lives safer.
Paul Gillmor
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The bottom line is that every single member of Congress has to get voted into office every two or six years. That means they need to look really good in their home district and state. That means good local press. That means people in their district thinking, "Man, I really don't like Congress, but I like Senator Bob."
Ezra G. Levin
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What five members of the Supreme Court say the law is may be something vastly different from what Congress intended the law to be.
Benjamin Franklin Fairless
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Congress is responsible for everything and unable to do anything, hated by the public creditors, insulted by the soldiers and unsupported by the citizens.
Benjamin Hawkins
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President Obama's decision not to go to Congress for help in establishing reasonable standards for the continued detention of Guantanamo detainees is a failure of leadership in the project of putting American law on a sound basis for a long-term confrontation with terrorism. It is bad for the country, for national security, and for civil liberties.
Benjamin Wittes
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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
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You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think.
Milton Berle
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It's politically impossible for any member of Congress to make a public statement condemning or criticizing the policies of Israel. It would be political suicidal for them to do so.
Jimmy Carter
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Donald Trump is going to be tainted by scandal. Congress hangs by just three Republican votes. If he loses three Republicans, you're going to see investigations, subpoenas.
Norman L. Eisen
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Some members of Congress are among the best actors in the world.
Shirley Chisholm
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I think that the responsibility that the Democrats had may rest more in resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress, or by me when I was President, to put some standards and tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Bill Clinton
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But in Congress, accountability is just a catch phrase, usually directed elsewhere. Demands to personal responsibility or corporate accountability abound, but rarely congressional accountability or fiscal responsibility.
Melissa Bean
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I welcome a discussion on a long-term, pro-active approach to disaster relief for Americans. Until Congress arrives at a conclusion, however, we must continue to honor America's honorable tradition of helping Americans recover for natural catastrophes.
Cedric Richmond
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It is hard to sell Congress and the American people on foreign aid. Is it harder to do that than it is to sell billionaires on the idea that they should give all their money away.
Bill Gates
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Your brother doesn't have to be speaker for your voice to be heard in Congress
Candace Gingrich
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Destruction of the churches and the like is not the way to Swaraj as defined by the Congress.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Let's say Donald Trump wins. Is Congress going to let him build a wall on the Mexican border? I don't think so.
Gary Shilling
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I never thought I would run for Congress. If you look back at a certain reality TV show, you know that.
Sean Duffy
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Far from faithfully executing the laws, he and his subordinates are undermining the laws in granting administratively the amnesty Congress has declined to grant by statute.
Andrew C. McCarthy
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During my first term in Congress, I signed a pledge that I will take no more earmarks and I've been faithful to that pledge.
Michele Bachmann
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We have the Israelis coming to us for equipment. We can say we can't possibly get the Congress to support a program like this. And they say don't worry about the Congress. We will take care of the Congress. This is somebody from another country, but they can do it. They own, you know, the banks in this country. The newspapers. Just look at where the Jewish money is.
George Scratchley Brown
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When real independence comes to India, the Congress and the League will be nowhere unless they represent the real opinion of the country.
Mahatma Gandhi