Quotes about congress
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The number one thing I will take with me is my experience as a social worker who saw what happened to families who couldn't find jobs, struggled to take care of their health and saw opportunity slipping away for their kids. I ran for Congress because politicians were fighting with each other instead of looking out for these families. Kyrsten Sinema
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OK, we'll take the first step. This is as crucial as it gets. Tom Daschle
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We regret that the Congress party has come forward to make friendship with America. Prakash Karat
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This proposal will have little impact on the deficit, ... If Congress is serious, we should put together a deficit reduction package that freezes COLAs government-wide, including Congress. Kit Bond
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Leadership in Congress isn't just about the personalities; it's about policies and priorities.
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Leadership by example has never been a forte of the United States Congress. We see more of 'Do as I say, not as I do.' This is just another example.
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Serving in Congress is the great honor of my professional life. I am deeply grateful to the people of the 4th Congressional District for placing their trust in me.
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Sen. Graham recognizes the importance of having an ILS at the Aiken airport. He continues to work with state and local officials to ensure Congress and the FAA recognize this priority, Kevin Bishop
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Secretary Snow will be personally engaged on working with Congress. He's been a strong voice on this for some time.
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So if Congress is going to be on the hook for this, there is reluctance to go with a tunnel.
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So I had to learn, in the final analysis, that the Congress had a lot of say so into what we do in running HUD on a day-to-day basis. Alphonso Jackson
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Were Congress somehow to reject the Administration's deal in some effort to maintain a consistent principle on non-proliferation, it would have no effect on Iran's decisions. But that futile gesture would have a devastating effect on US relations with India. Robert Kagan
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We're just following orders from Congress. They haven't issued any legislation about discontinuing the one-cent coin, so we keep making them. Michael White
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We're just following orders from Congress, ... They haven't issued any legislation about discontinuing the one-cent coin, so we keep making them.
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The reality is is that Congress is a very male-gendered oriented institution. Out of the, you know, more than 10,000 people who've ever been elected to Congress, you know, only about 250 of them have ever been women. Gwen Moore
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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. John Ashcroft
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We are grateful to Congress and the president for enacting this legislation without further delay.
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Mr. Speaker, Americans want, need, and rightfully expect Congress to protect them from the prying eyes of identity thieves and give them back control of their Social Security numbers and personal health information. Luis Gutierrez
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My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school - first grade - to when I went away to college. Nancy Pelosi
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When the president puts out a legislative and executive agenda, we'll make sure we reflect the fact that it's difficult for Congress to get anything done in an election year. Dan Bartlett
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It is time for Congress to provide relief for tobacco farmers. Since the 1930's tobacco production has been regulated by a quota system, which required farmers to purchase quota in order to grow tobacco. Allen Boyd
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It is important that Congress works to promote home ownership in Indian Country. These federal housing funds and programs will help young Native American families to stay on tribal lands in order to live, work and raise a family. Rick Renzi
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The debt limit will be raised; no one expects otherwise. The problem here is Congress reconvenes around mid-January, and it isn't a lot of time they have to get this done. But they'll get it done.
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In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. Abraham Lincoln
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The question Congress and the administration will still have to grapple with most is not the nature or desirability of the exploration architecture, but rather its timing, Sherwood Boehlert
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Trade votes in the US Congress are never really easy things. Dennis Hastert
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Women oftentimes are the ones making those economic decisions, sitting around the kitchen table and trying to figure out how to pay for rising gas prices or food prices or the health insurance costs. And I think that they see where they expect their leaders in Congress to also make those tough decisions. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
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I think we really need a joint resolution from Congress to effect the tax exemption on oil.
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I think we're probably looking at the week of June 5th, ... He'll probably want to sign it when Congress is back in Washington.
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I think what Sen. Specter has introduced is a very good step in the right direction and we're looking forward to Congress passing legislation to improve the safety of miners.
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I think that gave pause to the moderates in the Congress of the United States, who have shown time after time their opposition to the policies that were being proposed by their leadership. Steny Hoyer
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Those funds have to be appropriated by Congress and then they are funneled down to the states.
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To me, this is not really and should not be a partisan question. I think it's a question of institutional pride of this body, of the Congress of the United States. John Deane