Quotes about congress
congress lost sort
Most of Congress is sort of lost in cyberspace, E. B. White
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Members of Congress should not be receiving pay raises that are higher than Social Security and other COLAS (cost of living adjustments) during tough economic times, when many families are hurting financially. Brian Baird
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Members of Congress do this; staff members of Congress do it; it is their responsibility to do so.
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Members of Congress are irate about the Court's denigrating and, really, disrespectful statements about Congress' competence, ... method of reasoning. Arlen Specter
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will give some guidance to our members of Congress. Bill Clinton
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will be a significantly diminished member of Congress.
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Look at the tobacco-free kids, Microsoft and its opponents, and what most of the trade associations and lobbying groups are doing. They're making heavy use of the Internet to mobilize their members and supporters to contact members of Congress at exactly the right time.
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Maryland needs someone in Congress who will fight to create jobs, stop out-of-control government spending and defend small businesses.
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I think service is going to go right down the tubes, ... I think the flying public is in for real horror stories. If there was a vote by Congress on this, I think it would not go through. Ray LaHood
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I think one of the fundamental roles of Congress is to exercise oversight of the executive branch. And it's not happening.
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We are tired of living in fear. We feel it's important to send a strong message to Congress that we immigrants are united. We gave so much to this country and we feel this country should respect our right to live in dignity.
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It does indeed help us to work with Congress to explain the enormity of the reform effort that needs to be undertaken here and how many of these things work together,
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While the budget resolution is a nonbinding blueprint, it is, nevertheless, an important guideline for Congress. Once the President's proposed budget is received by Congress on the first Monday of February, Congress generally goes to work on appropriating the funds required. Marsha Blackburn
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When it comes to institutional policing of corruption in Congress, John Murtha is a one-man wrecking crew.
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When it comes to ethanol, Congress is guilty of more irrational exuberance than on any other issue.
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We don't feel at this time that Haiti fulfills the very narrow criteria provided by Congress.
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Governor Bush's plan looks remarkably like the tax plan that was passed by the Congress last summer and was vetoed by the president on the grounds that it was targeted to rich people, and cost way too much.
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For the first time, Congress will take a detailed look at why the primary guardians of Enron's shareholders were unable to protect them, Susan Collins
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If he loses two houses of Congress, or even one, the last two years of his presidency are toast.
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I can't think of anything that would divide this nation more quickly, right off the bat, than to impress upon the Congress the importance of passing a tax cut of that magnitude, Tom Daschle
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I can understand why some in Congress have raised questions about whether or not our country will be less secure as a result of this transaction. But they need to know that our government has looked at this issue and looked at it carefully.
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I don't think the Congress of the United States is subservient to the courts...They can ignore a Supreme Court ruling if they so choose. Pat Robertson
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I don't see how Congress at this point can stop everything that was set in motion seven years ago. Legislation is a long process.
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I don't want to say that we have made a decision on the request, but we will work with the understanding of the need for the Congress to get its work done as well, John Ashcroft
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I don't think this one is going to go away. Members of Congress know they are going to face this issue in November.
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I don't think the U.S. Congress or even the Department of Defense is going to be interested in subsidizing the French economy with that kind of money, ... If Airbus was a (British) company, rather than predominantly French and German, I think it would be very different.
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If Congress will pass a plan that gives real, voluntary Medicare prescription drug coverage ... then I will sign a marriage penalty relief law, Chelsea Clinton
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If Congress passes this resolution it will have destroyed in 10 hours what it took the Occupational Safety and Health Administration 10 painstaking years to create. Edward Kennedy
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If Congress had really wanted to revoke habeas jurisdiction over pending cases, it would have said so.
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If Congress had not restored the funding, the opportunity for reaching the last unvisited planet in our solar system would have been lost for a generation.
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If Congress does its job, taxpayers won't suffer any tax increase,
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If Congress and the President impose new requirements on the project, we'll follow the procedures and guidelines set out in the law.
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Our job shouldn't stop with a bill. It should stop with a solution. Congress should be offering solutions, ideas, talking with the administration. Kyle Eastwood