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If it turns out it is true -- that they were shredding documents while knowing inquiries were under way by Congress and the Department of Justice -- somebody's probably going to be in hot water.
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If the Congress decides that the priority for this engine is higher than the DoD has proposed, then I'm sure the Congress will be able to soundly and thoughtfully restore the program in a way that will be the least damaging to everything else.
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If the administration doesn't do that, people will look to Congress to do something.
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I would be very surprised to see Congress taking a big whack at this.
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If we don't do something, I think Congress will eventually unwind the Wright amendment. At least we got them to stand down and not have Congress pick it off one state at a time.
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If we give up the power of the purse, which is what is at issue here, then it really reduces the Congress to the state of being a eunuch, Arlen Specter
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If we had prescribed in Congress each of the relationships between the agencies, I think that would have been an enormous mistake and would have rendered this person more useless. This person can exercise power, and I think that's good. Jay Rockefeller
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If we had an anti-business Congress that went after pension reform aggressively, it could have a devastating impact on Wall Street.
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I think voters want somebody who understands their problems. You're right that they don't expect the president to fix everything. When he's wrestling with Congress and Wall Street and the rest of the world, they hope he'll be looking at things from their vantage point. Gail Collins
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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. Gary Ackerman
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And so whether it's failing to move forward on the Dream Act, failing to move forward on putting teachers back to work, failing to do all the things we could do right now to help the economy and middle class, this Congress is just saying no. David Plouffe
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I was sent there by the Free Congress Committee, headed by Paul Weyrich. Fred Smith and I were sent down as observers, with reporters' credentials, so we could witness the events. Dixie Lee Ray
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All too often in tough economic times, it is the environment that gets left on the cutting room floors of Congress as everyone scraps for limited federal dollars. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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There are questions raised in the Congress, and what this delay allows is for those questions to be addressed on the Hill. There's nothing to reopen. Stephen Hadley
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I would like to see this group in this Congress be starting the process to get ourselves on long term fiscal strong footing. Ben Quayle
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This will be the defining race for the future of our state, ... We will elect a new senator and a new congressman. There are 20 seats open in the state legislature. This is serious business. Chuck Hagel
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There is only one MDC congress and that is in Harare and 13 000 people drawn from the country's 12 provinces will attend.
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The passage of this message is an indication of the potential setbacks to the fiscal sector that could result from a government or congress that wants to pursue a populist agenda.
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Tuition, housing fees, even textbook costs are difficult to meet these days. Why Congress feels the need to cut student loans and drag our faces in the mud, I do not know.
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While the president continues to highlight the successes of our troops, and the plan for victory in Iraq, his opponents in the Congress have yet to provide a plan of their own. John Cornyn
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The president is only proposing a 22 percent increase and I rather suspect that Congress will be inclined to provide that assistance. But since the increase is modest, it's probably not going to be enough.
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There have always been questions about whether Congress can police itself. The situation in the House removes all doubt. The House is not policing itself.
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Fair play should be a minimal expectation, and the ""ethics truce"" prevented Congress from meeting even that low standard.
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With each day that passes, more lives are put at risk. Congress should enact emergency legislation as soon as possible.
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We will be working with Tom DeLay and other members of Congress to see just what further relief might be called for,
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When requests come in from Congress, of course they receive appropriate consideration.
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While restoring a sense of fiscal discipline to Congress is a top priority, infrastructure spending is an important and necessary task of government. Our nation's long-term debt requires us to prioritize and economize with every tax dollar.
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With all due respect, you've told me nothing, ... It's kind of interesting, this kabuki dance we have in these hearings here, as if the public doesn't have a right to know what you think about fundamental issues facing them.
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Though Congress continues to explore possible solutions to ensure social security solvency, everyone must take personal responsibility to prepare their own retirement savings accordingly.
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Rather than waiting for future trials to determine rules that will impact every citizen, Congress should step in and write a law that takes every American's rights into consideration. Ron Wyden
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We as a Congress, need to get a better handle on the money being spent, John Ensign
congress together
We are working together here in the Congress in a completely nonpartisan way, Richard Gephardt
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We are working through the restrictions with Congress as fast as we can.