577 Quotes About Congress

This was one of the unfortunate consequences of exaggerating the enemy's evil. You were obligated to exaggerate your own virtues as well. To counter the enemy's fiendish subversion, you wielded a blunt instrument of righteousness. And then you got a congressional committee of yahoos with subpoena power and God on their side...If only, Axel thought. If only they weren't so god damned dumb.

...Some of reports have called for increases of 10,000; others between 20,000 and 40,000. So there are a number of options on the table to be considered. But we'll work with Congress on that.

This is an important issues that requires a much more dignified response from this Congress than what it is getting on the floor today,

I support his race for Congress and I hope he'll be our next representative in Washington.

Thousands of members of Congress have come and gone over the years, their individual achievements hidden in committee reports, private compromises, amendments pushed through or blocked, and innumerable, unnoticed meetings.

That is one of our concerns. Through an earmark . . . if Congress says we're allocated $10 million for a widening project in Goodyear, it is no longer subject to our prioritization.

I just thought it was unconscionable for the Congress to insert itself into this debate. We are particularly unqualified to make that decision and to intrude ourselves into the lives of this family.

The pending hate crime legislation in Congress is under review in the Justice Department at this time, ... We're inclined to prosecute hate crimes like this one.

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,