Congress Quotes

"Fleas can be taught nearly anything that a congressman can"

"Summer's here, temperatures are rising and tempers will really rise if Congress doesn't pass an energy bill,"

"I took the canal zone and let congress debate, and while the debate goes on the canal does also"

"If we were left solely to the wordy wit of legislators in Congress for our guidance, uncorrected by the seasonal experience and the effectual complaints of the people, America would not long retain her rank among the nations."

"I served with General Washington in the Legislature of Virginia... and... with Dr. Franklin in Congress. I never heard either of them speak ten minutes at a time, nor to any but the main point."

"We are determined to have these issues debated in Congress this fall,"

"If they wasn't in congress, why, they would be doing something else against us that might be even worse."

"If Congress passes this resolution it will have destroyed in 10 hours what it took the Occupational Safety and Health Administration 10 painstaking years to create."

"Cures were developed for which there were no known diseases. (Commenting on Congress and the federal budget, 1981)"

"A Congressman is never any better than his roads, and sometimes worse."

"Rail-splitting produced an unparalleled president in Lincoln. But gold hasn't produced even a good A-1 congressman."

"It's a response to the president's very legitimate concerns, and it ought to be the basis of a sound compromise,"

"This debate is certainly not over."

"You cannot declare martial law without the support of Congress. It will be crazy for the President to declare martial law when we know that Congress does not approve of it, what with the present climate in the Senate,"

"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,"

"We'll also be providing voter education programs. In the meantime, we'll be keeping up the pressure on Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform."

"After we have received the information from the Department of Education, we're going to have to go to Congress to show them how much this law affects their own constituents. The government is on notice now that students won't allow them to cover [this] up."

"At a time when the entire country believes we need to make higher education more affordable, Congress is trying to balance the budget on the backs of students."

"I'll tell you, gentlemen, it's this kind of case that makes many of us in Congress skeptical that it's actually a new day,"

"Congress, after years of stalling, finally got around to clearing the way for informal discussions that might lead to possible formal talks that could potentially produce some kind of tentative agreements..."