Congress Quotes

"It is crucial that members of Congress cast votes that are supportive of the values upon which our nation was founded: equality, freedom, and opportunity for all people"

Joe Baca, Politician

"Give a member of Congress a junket and a mimeograph machine and he thinks he is secretary of state"

Dean Rusk, Diplomat

"Members of Congress must live according to the same laws as everyone else"

Bobby Jindal, Politician

"If we are wondering why only 19 percent of the American people feel that the Congress is in tune with their priorities, the cuts in Amtrak is one blatant reason why"

Corrine Brown, Politician

"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"

Hubert H. Humphrey, Politician

"When I ran for Congress I promised to help make health care affordable again"

Bobby Jindal, Politician

"Congress did a good thing back in 1995 in passing the Deep Water Royalty Relief Act. That act did a simple thing. It provided automatic royalty relief for new leases for 5 years in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico"

Bobby Jindal, Politician

"It is time this Congress listened to the American people and minimum-wage workers, and it is time that we act"

Russ Carnahan, Politician

"It is irresponsible for this Congress to not investigate the President's lack of an exit strategy, and the fraud, waste, and abuse of U.S. tax dollars"

Russ Carnahan, Politician

"Congress has not raised the minimum wage since 1997. The minimum wage is now at its lowest level in 50 years adjusted for inflation"

Russ Carnahan, Politician

"I said what I said before Congress because I meant every word of it"

Rafael Palmeiro, Athlete

"When I testified in front of Congress, I know that I was testifying under oath and I told the truth"

Rafael Palmeiro, Athlete

"It is the Democratic Congress, the liberal-biased media and the homosexuals who want to destroy all Christians"

Pat Robertson, Clergyman

"I think President Obama is trying to deceive the public in pretending that he was not a part of Congress that has made some decisions in the past that got us to where we are today"

Sarah Palin, Politician

"Don't divide the world into "them" and "us." Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours"

Donald Rumsfeld, Politician

"Congress would exclude slavery from any territory that in the future might be acquired from Mexico"

David Wilmot, Activist

"Now that judges embrace forcibly starving someone to death, Congress should use its appropriation power to starve the judicial budget"

Phyllis Schlafly, Activist

"Congress should pass legislation to remove from the federal courts their jurisdiction to hear these outrageous challenges to the Ten Commandments and the Pledge of Allegiance"

Phyllis Schlafly, Activist

"Our runaway judiciary is badly in need of restraint by Congress"

Phyllis Schlafly, Activist

"It has been a privilege beyond belief for me to have represented the State of Louisiana in Congress and to have been given the blessed assignment of U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See"

Lindy Boggs, Politician

"And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women"

Louise Slaughter, Politician

"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet"

Al Gore, Vice President

"They all agree, they are all unanimous in Congress, in the States, on the rostrum, in the sanctuary - everywhere they declare that slavery shall not go into the Territories"

Robert Toombs, Politician

"Well, I mean, Congress did originally set the formula for the state grants, and they guaranteed every state a minimum formula. So that was a congressional decision"

Michael Chertoff, Public Servant

"To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places"

Wendell Phillips, Activist

"It was the separation of powers upon which the framers placed their hopes for the preservation of the people's liberties. Despite this heritage, the congress has been in too many cases more than willing to walk away from its constitutional powers"

Robert Byrd, Politician

"Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit or what is enacted in Congress"

Wendell Phillips, Activist

"That is why I strongly believe we should working in Congress to make America a better place to run a business by reducing the costly burdens of bureaucracy and red tape"

Michael K. Simpson, Politician

"The Bush Administration and the Congress have to stop ignoring this crisis in international trade. The longer we ignore it, the more American jobs will move overseas. It's just that simple"

Byron Dorgan, Politician

"I came to the conclusion months ago, and I said it to members of Congress, that the only way people are going to fully appreciate what this reform is if we pass it and implement it and it becomes not a caricature but a reality, and I still believe that. So I think it will be easier to sell it moving forward than it was to this point"

David Axelrod, Public Servant

"I don't believe in lobbying only progressives and liberal members of Congress. I don't believe in doing interviews only with those who share my views. I want to reach a wider audience"

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

"Congress is headed in the wrong direction with this bill which removes any and all incentives from the food industry to improve their products for children"

Bob Filner, Politician

"As Congress continues to debate ways to address illegal immigration, we must remember the many hard-working legal immigrants that contribute so much to our nation's economy and culture"

Bob Filner, Politician

"We as a Congress have a moral obligation to bring justice to the families of these victims. Furthermore, as a society based on laws, we have a responsibility to ensure that criminals don't go unpunished"

Bob Filner, Politician

"This is a basic function of Congress to keep the government running. And so, what we ought not to do is play politics with those who have been affected by disasters"

David Plouffe, Public Servant

"As we get closer to the end of this Congress, we should be addressing the urgent needs of the American people - the war in Iraq, affordable health care, a sensible energy policy, quality education for our children, retirement security, and a sound and fair fiscal policy"

Chris Van Hollen, Politician

"It has been a top priority of Congress to reduce the drug costs of all seniors"

Paul Gillmor, Politician

"The instant the Government was organized, at the very first Congress, the Northern States evinced a general desire and purpose to use it for their own benefit, and to pervert its powers for sectional advantage, and they have steadily pursued that policy to this day"

Robert Toombs, Politician

"We have seen that, in another unfunded mandate, the so-called No Child Left Behind Act, which created tougher standards, and we all support that, but Congress did not provide the money to attract and hire the best teachers"

Bob Filner, Politician

"This body, the United States Congress, was united, Republicans and Democrats alike, in taking that action, toppling the Taliban government, and working to try and root out al Qaeda and find Osama bin Laden"

Chris Van Hollen, Politician

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