Famous Quotes & Sayings

A lot about Congress is about forming good working relationships with people, and humor can really help you do that.

Carol Browner

What we see is a Congress who tends to think that the job of public health and environmental protection is not particularly important, that the job in some ways is done and that we don't have to worry about further reducing pollution.

Dan Quayle

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

Katherine Harris

I take full responsibility for this oversight. While the rules are complicated, as a member of Congress, it is my responsibility to know and obey them.

He wanted to move because they were staying at the Congress Inn.

He knows how Congress works. He knows all the details, ... He is a master at getting things done.

Scott Parker

He knows what happened here, ... He's been here. But he's just the middle man. Congress has the say-so.

The only thing I think can happen is that (Congress enacts) a very large, across-the-board cut, ... and nobody is talking about that. Every major program has an 800-pound gorilla protecting it.

Todd Akin

Having worked with Sen. Talent in the United States Congress, I can say he is a proven, effective leader who tackles the difficult problems we face with vision and intelligence,

Bob Dole

Having been in Congress, you know that's part of our responsibility: the constituent has a problem, ... We're supposed to write back and say, 'Well I can't do anything?' That's not what they elect you for.

Jerry Reed

He's able to talk to anybody, whether it's a grass roots advocate, a member of Congress or of the (Bush) administration, ... And he not only talks but he acts.

Chuck Hagel

Historians will look back on this day and say this was a turning point, ... This is a significant step toward the Congress exercising its constitutional responsibilities over matters of war.

Anna Eshoo

I think it's a lovely idea, but it will not pass the Congress. I live in a world of realities. The policy of our country is that we can drill our way to independence. I think that's a march to folly.

I think the president's going to reflect on this, and find that the Congress is going to have something to say about whether or not we want to give these sorts of assurances to Taiwan,

I think the overwhelming likelihood is that in the next Congress, you'll see even smaller majorities than we have now. And we weren't really able to get anything done in the last few years,

Larry Noble

There is a fine line between a political contribution and a bribe, but that fine line is the difference between returning to Congress and going to jail.

Tim O'Brien

There is no evidence Congress ... intended to displace the states as the primary regulators of the medical profession.

Will Rogers

There is good news from Washington today. Congress is deadlocked and can't act.

Maurice Hinchey

What we are trying to do is demonstrate to the Fed that there is a strong interest in Congress to keep interest rates the way they are, ... There is no sign of inflation, no reason to raise rates.

What I see is a stable of salivating legal factories gearing up. Is it prudent or responsible for Congress to wait for the inevitable flood or do what it can to provide sandbags now?

He's going to work hard with the Congress to make sure that we get that important law renewed.

I think we really need a joint resolution from Congress to effect the tax exemption on oil.

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.

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.

Steny Hoyer

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.

O. J. Simpson

I think it's very timely that Indiana sets up and provides more dollars for student loans at a time when the U.S. Congress is just about going in the opposite direction.

Wesley Clark

I always said I would vote for a resolution that gave the president the leverage to go to the United Nations, and then come back to the Congress for the authority to go to force.

He hasn't got much of what he wanted. But on the other hand, Congress hasn't done much of anything this year.

He has not given up on that position. He will continue to push that position. Congress sometimes moves more slowly, and we'll look at that realistically.

Nick Lampson

He has left us a legacy of debt, corruption and neglect, and he can't run from it. I think it's something he has helped usher into our Congress that people would like to see changed.

Stuart Rothenberg

He does not have a reservoir of good will, either in Congress or in the country. People in Congress are looking for ways to disagree with him. Democrats don't seem intimidated by him. And the public doesn't see him as honest, forthright or as much as a leader as they did a year ago. He's considerably weaker.

Will Adams

He looks at this as a historic opportunity - handed to Congress by God - to actually reduce the size of government. Anything is open (for cuts).

Dave Heineman

For most governors, we find the United States Senate or the United States Congress very frustrating at the slow pace in which they act. There doesn't seem to be a lot of discipline and organization to what they do.