Best 286 quotes in «congress quotes» category

Copyrights have not expired, and will not expire, so long as Congress is free to be bought to extend them again.

Could Congress really do its work if it held its sessions by teleconferencing? Could the Supreme Court? Nothing can replace the spark of intelligence that travels from person to person at meetings.

Corruption is no stranger to Washington; it is a famous resident.

Destruction of the churches and the like is not the way to Swaraj as defined by the Congress.

Don't people know that they don't have to heckle the president of the United States? That's what Congress is for.

[Donald Trump's inauguration] will be the first one that I miss since I've been in Congress. You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.

Every member Congress is under the threat of being destroyed by the Israeli lobby.

Do you remember the good ol' days when Congress was only unsafe if you were an intern.

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.

For me to dominate the Congress in spite of these fundamental differences is almost a species of violence which I must refrain from.

Fleas can be taught nearly anything a congressman can.

From 1918 on, trade unionists were to express from the platforms of their congresses the workers' desire for peace through a rational organization of the world.

Granting such immunity undermines the constitutional protections Americans trust the Congress to protect.

Dont count on Congress. Laws come into being because people on the ground demand it.

Fundamental relationships are being called into question, as is the very basis of marriage and the family. I can only reiterate the importance and, above all, the richness and the beauty of family life.

Gabby Giffords was a mentor of mine in the state Legislature and also in Congress.

Here and there on the branch of an oak a congress of leaves still clung, rigid as flakes of bronze.

Hey, well, I've been a pretty conservative member of congress.

Hurray! Congress is to adjourn! Only four more days of Congressional burglary on the Treasury!

Hillary's explanation of the Libyan action to Congress was so good, I wonder who explained it to her?

I believe that Congress will and must act before then to renew its objections to multiple and discriminatory taxes on the Internet, as well as to taxes that inhibit Internet access.

I came to Congress to help reduce spending.

I could say, as a member of Congress, we usually get an alert if something is going to happen at the Capitol.

Have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden or in any manner control the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress.

I do not suspect that Jefferson or Madison ever envisioned Congress honoring the 2,560th anniversary of the birth of Confucius or supporting the designation of National Pi Day.

I can see it now: Osama bin Laden goes up to the pearly gates where George Washington comes out, starts beating him and is then joined by 70 other members of the Continental Congress. Osama will say, Hey, wait! Where are my 71 virgins? And George will reply It's 71 Virginians, you asshole!

I don't disagree with ending Congress' retirement program. I'm a governor, I don't have a retirement program in my state, and I don't disagree with that.

If a trip is worth taking, members of Congress should be prepared to justify paying for it out of their office accounts.

I don't think the only place to fight for freedom is in the halls of Congress.

I did subscribe to the freedom movement and I was much closer to the Congress than to the Akali party. It is a communal party.

If bribery is good enough for Congress, it's good enough for me.

If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its non-federal affairs, as well as voting power in Congress.

If we took Congress seriously, we would be worrying all the time.

If Iran invaded Israel, it's up to Congress to declare war.

I have also come to understand Congress' need for a bipartisan as well as a partisan capacity.

I have as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency.

If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything-and the Federal Government is no longer one of limited and enumerated powers.

I have a great deal of concern for any president and the amount of power they accumulate versus congress. I'm a stickler about the idea of separation of powers.

I hope to continue to be serving South Dakota in Congress.

I have a reputation for being the hardest working person in Congress.

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.

I'm absolutely against privatizing the V.A. And I am going do everything I can to build on the reforms that Senator Sanders and others in Congress have passed to try to fix what's wrong with the V.A.

I like shitty strip clubs. They look like what they are. I know what to expect. Unlike Congress, at least we know everybody is for sale.

I know that Congress will do the right thing.

I'm just going to let my record in Congress speak for itself.

In 2004, I ran for Congress and lost. In 2006, I ran again and won - defeating Richard Pombo, a seven-term Republican incumbent.

In Congress the majority governs, but the minority rules.

In Congress, I was a relentless advocate for fiscal responsibility.

In the wiretapping, despite all the momentum for a more assertive Congress, you're seeing Congress backing down, because there are many Republicans and even Democrats who are afraid of being seen as preventing the president from protecting the nation.

I'm sick of these congress meetings. There no reason to meet again. As you know, if there's a congress, I usually win it.