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Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Congress has an obligation to ease the challenges our veterans face when they come home and return to civilian life.
I would encourage the next commander in chief to be more cooperative and communicative with Congress, particularly when entering a conflict.
The intelligence community, for the most part, has no accountability at all; to the Congress, to us the American people, and so they feel that they above the law.
Farmers, get out your sense of humor. Congress meets to relieve you again next week.
In the past, there have been a range of treaties that divided Congress and every administration was able to get them through.
There are bills being discussed to raise the amount that Members of Congress pay in to their benefits and I support these pieces of legislation.
Creating a sustainable, economic, social, and ecological environment that provides everyone the opportunity to succeed is my mission in Congress.
On September 5, 1774, forty-five of the weightiest colonial men formed the First Continental Congress at Philadelphia.
Congress is hard to deal with, dealing with, you know, multiple parliaments and commissions and unions and this and that and the other, that's very complicated.
The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.
Republicans believe an obstructionist, do-nothing Congress will deny Obama momentum and keep their base energized.
We have bloated, out-of-control, and unresponsive government agencies that need to be reined in and focused by Congress to deliver results.
It's Congress' job to keep an eye on the other agencies and the workings of the entire government. It is our constitutional duty.
I will continue to work diligently in Congress to ensure that our veterans receive the benefits and care that they have earned and deserve.
These human experiments have gone largely unchallenged and unquestioned by Congress, the medical profession, and the scientific community at large.
Members of Congress and their staffs should be the first to feel the negative consequences of poorly written legislation, not the last.
In 2005, I was the first member of Congress to introduce legislation calling for an immediate withdrawal of our troops from Iraq.
Every piece of progressive social legislation passed by Congress in the 20th century bears a union label.
Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision to proceed with dispatch with respect to his materials.
Congress allows lemonade to the members and has it charged under the head of stationery-I move also that whiskey be allowed under the item of fuel.
I did not come to Congress to impeach the President. But I took an oath to protect our country and defend the Constitution.
With each new appropriations bill Congress considers, I have to ask myself, 'Is this a good way to spend taxpayer dollars?'
No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to congress a power to disarm the people.
Congress is responsible for everything and unable to do anything, hated by the public creditors, insulted by the soldiers and unsupported by the citizens.
We, as conservative intellectuals, should not be in the business of making excuses for bad parliamentary decisions by Republican leaders in Congress.
Most members of Congress are politicians. They're bores. They're damn boring. They have no imagination, and they don't know how to imagine the future.
Lowering the cost of prescription drugs is one of the most important things Congress can do to help people in western Pennsylvania.
It's August, which means Congress is on recess and Mitch McConnell has shimmied back into the ocean to seek a mate.
I guess the optimistic thing is that those people in Congress who are climate deniers, I think their time has run out.
I ran for Congress to give Kansans a real voice in Washington, D.C. - not to let our priorities be drowned out by special interests.
Alex, AOC, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez, she was a mentor from afar, even before I got to Congress.
Conservatives of Western North Carolina should send Mark Meadows to Congress. We need his help.
I ran for Congress in 1996 to help Ted Kennedy pass a comprehensive health insurance reform bill.
The First Amendment...begins with the five loveliest words in the English language: 'Congress shall make no law'.
One of my top priorities in Congress is making sure every American who wants to serve our country has the opportunity to do so.
AIPAC has consistently opposed a two-state solution, and a lot of members of Congress have been intimidated, and I don't think that's healthy.
Having plead guilty, I do not believe that I am any different than the vast majority of the members of Congress.
It is an honor to join my former colleague in Congress, Jim McCrery, and the very talented team at Capitol Counsel.
One of my top priorities in Congress is creating jobs and promoting a growing economy that raises the standard of living for all Americans.
Let's say [Donald] Trump wins. Is Congress going to let him build a wall on the Mexican border? I don't think so.
If immigration reform doesn't happen, that doesn't say good things about our democracy, that everybody wants it, but Congress couldn't pass it.
As a member of Congress, and a parent, I understand the importance of ensuring that families are able to provide a meaningful and proper burial for their loved ones.
Members of Congress should be compelled to wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers, so we could identify their corporate sponsors.
Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress believed we could spend our way to prosperity, and I guess they still do.
Anytime a large, emergency spending bill makes its way through Congress, the potential for mischief is great.
I was ranked the fifth most bipartisan freshman when I went to Congress, and I think that my motto really is, 'Agree where you can and fight where you must.'
We should go forward in courts and Congress with investigations into post-9/11 interrogations and the decisions leading to them.
In Congress, I'll work hard to encourage investment in education, particularly with respect to technology and bridging the digital divide.
At face value, the U.S. Congress, there is a - they have a long way to go before they fully appreciate and understand Iranian people.
We need a return to transparency and a system of checks and balances, to a president who respects Congress' role of oversight and accountability.
The Parliament in Canada and the Congress in Washington do not have the authority to revoke the commandments of God, or to modify or amend them in any way.
We have to remind the people: Congress has the constitutional obligation and public responsibility to oversee these issues and the Department of Justice's operations.
I have said, with respect to authorization bills, that I do not want the Congress or the country to commit fiscal suicide on the installment plan.
Well, I don't think so, because the president and members of Congress and governors have the same constituents. It's the American people who are hurting.
I strongly support SNAP and will continue to urge my colleagues in Congress to provide adequate funding to this important program.
The Constitution gives the Congress absolute authority within the District of Columbia on any legislative issues whatsoever.
Can a Congress worker ever think of becoming a Prime Minister? No. Because that seat is reserved by birth in that party.
If our men and women in uniform are restricted from buying first-class airfare, the same should apply to Congress.
A lot of people think I'm crazy, you know, leaving a Democratic supermajority state to go to the superminority in Congress.
I never thought I would run for Congress. If you look back at a certain reality TV show, you know that.
