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Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Congress' passing of the omnibus spending bill without reading it shows more than anything why they can't be trusted.
The decision to use military force should always be one made with the utmost caution, with U.S. interests at stake, and with the consent of Congress.
We've got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
Obviously, overall infrastructure needs on the Southwest and Northern borders are mounting. We need a major push in Congress to remedy this.
Congress is going to start tinkering with the Ten Commandments just as soon as they find someone in Washington who has read them.
Political gerrymandering makes the incentive for most members of Congress to play to the extremes of their base rather than to the center.
When I first ran for Congress in 1992, I campaigned on a pledge to make affordable, quality healthcare a right, not a privilege, for all Americans.
Working in a bipartisan manner, with Congress and the support of the American people, Trump can, in fact, make America great again.
When I was elected to Congress, this was the No. 1 issue businesses brought up. They said that if we want this country to succeed, we need immigration reform.
Long-standing bipartisan support for Israel in Congress is grounded in our common values and shared security interests.
[An] act of the Congress of the United States... which assumes powers... not delegated by the Constitution, is not law, but is altogether void and of no force.
As one of the most conservative members of Congress and a staunch supporter of the 2nd Amendment, I am constantly under attack for my values and beliefs.
Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.
To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places.
My congressional record speaks for itself, and my ability to build coalitions locally, nationally and across the aisles in Congress is transparent.
If you control one house of Congress, you cannot abolish something like Obamacare, no matter how much pressure you apply.
My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future generations.
Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to the Congress.
TDP had to join hands with the Congress given the need for a major anchor party in the front against the BJP.
Congress can pass reasonable gun safety legislation and save lives. We have a duty to the American people to do our job.
What worries me is that conservative thought is moving quickly, but we're kind of the pachyderms in Congress because things move so slowly.
If congress has the right under the Constitution to issue paper money, it was given them to use themselves, not to be delegated to individuals or corporations.
The atmosphere is different in Congress after September 11. Terrorism is no longer an abstract issue, but a real, tangible threat.
The Federal Reserve and Congress have systematically taught the American people to trust the government and that caution in spending is harmful to the economy.
Together, we will protect the sanctity of life, ensuring early next Congress that no federal funds are used for abortion.
The Constitution is very clear: Congress has sole discretion over defining who is and who isn't a citizen and how you become one. It's not the 14th Amendment.
The Constitution sets out no standards for granting pardons. They require no consent from Congress, and courts can't second-guess them.
The BJP is trying to spread fire and violence across the country, and there is only one force that can stop it - the workers of the Congress and its leaders.
Country is run by... financial powers & corporate interests [who] send their lawyers to Congress to make laws so that they don't have to pay taxes
Negotiating deals among members of Congress is an exercise in wearing masks, scaring up votes, and, oftentimes, bluffing.
I'm supporting plans in Congress to fully ban bump stock devices and prohibit the sale of high-capacity magazines.
Congress continues to pass laws to limit lobbyists' influence, but people find ways to get around them.
I received orders from Congress to proceed to Charleston in South Carolina, for the purpose of Co'operating with General Lincoln in the defense of that Capitol.
We are telling veterans they must sacrifice to pay for the pet projects and contracts to campaign donors of powerful members of Congress.
The rest of the people know the condition of the country, for they live in it, but Congress has no idea what is going on in America, so the President has to tell 'em.
Members of Congress wear two hats: one as Washington legislator, the other as listener and community leader back home.
That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of conscience.
Congress is unable to do the work of the American people because too many politicians believe that compromise means capitulation.
Do not underestimate the intelligence of our farmers. They are not part of the protests staged by the Congress, which is resorting to gimmicks such as burning tractors.
In a body [like Congress] where there are more than one hundred talking lawyers, you can make no calculation upon the termination of any debate.
As I've said repeatedly over the last few years, the war on coal was not a result of anything Congress passed; there was no legislation.
I'm ashamed that Congress finds billions for pork-barrel subsidies but fails to find money for veterans' health care.
The failed stimulus, along with Obamacare's long list of failures, show what happens when Congress passes laws in a rush.
I am strongly committed to pursuing the dual goals that Congress has assigned us: maximum employment and price stability.
Incumbents are safe, but party majorities are not. This fosters symbolic votes, message politics and little serious legislating in Congress.
There's no conscious plan here; my whole life in politics as a state legislator and in Congress has been about strengthening the middle class.
I think concerns with a member of Congress with a cabinet official being active in business. I don`t see why it wouldn`t apply to the president.
This is a basic function of Congress to keep the government running. And so, what we ought not to do is play politics with those who have been affected by disasters.
Congress needs to get over their political bias with each other and work toward saving children's lives.
The First Amendment only says 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.' It can disrespect all it wants.
Congress in the immigration law gives the president the power to restrict or suspend the entry of people he may deem appropriate.
I want to go back to Congress and get to work on making a real difference for the families and workers of South Florida.
Congress has been productive when focusing on bites of policy that don't inflame the divisions within the party and quietly do the work of governing.
Congress is always willing to appropriate money for more and bigger paved roads, anywhere -- particularly if they form loops.
President Bush has urged people to get back to normal and today Congress announced that they are accepting bribes again.
You can go into the Library of Congress and find information on just about anything, but that doesn't do you much good unless you know what you are looking for.
It's going to take an act of Congress to deal with poverty and hunger, not only in this country, but throughout the world. We have the resources but we don't have the will.
A compromise is but an act of Congress. It may be overruled at any time. It gives us no security. But the Constitution is stable. It is a rock.
Congress seems to want to cure every ill known to man except unconstitutional government and high taxes.
I ran for Congress because I want to make sure others have the same chance at the dream that I had for generations to come.
