If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.

Thomas Jefferson

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.

Victor Hugo

I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision.

Barber B. Conable, Jr.

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.

Will Rogers

Congress: Bingo with billions.

Red Skelton

Oh, I don't blame Congress. If I had $600 billion at my disposal, I'd be irresponsible, too.

Lichty and Wagner

Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment.

William J. Brennan, Jr.

Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

Mark Twain

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress.

Mark Twain

Congress has allowed the need of big corporations before the need of our children.

Bob Filner

I would be very surprised to see Congress taking a big whack at this.

Steve Kosiak

If the dignity and rights of those who appear before Congress are not respected, they are justified not to appear there.

Prospero Nograles

As members of Congress, they were elected as representatives of their constituents.

Panfilo Lacson

It's hard to believe that Congress could see more tax cuts for the rich as a priority.

Robert Mcintyre

We're trying to build a record. We are anticipating a challenge to what Congress might do.

Laughlin Mcdonald

And is the senate finance committee not an authoritative body of the U.S. Congress?

Anne Foley

I want to say clearly and unequivocally that the sale will be to an American buyer. That should allay Congress' concerns.

Michael Seymour

Frankly, the biggest obstacle has been Congress and too few Democrats willing to challenge Bush on the war.

Kevin Martin

Almost anyone who's lost at the Legislature or who's lost at Congress is now turning to the ballot in Colorado.

Bob Loevy

I'm hoping something will happen soon in Congress.

Laura Castro

I am confident of the Congress party winning the polls.

Tarun Gogoi

More importantly - and this is really the most important thing - the majority of Americans do not agree with him. The majority of Congress doesn't agree.

Jack Kessler

As an easy way for Congress to do something that will have little effect.

Matthew Spalding

Squarely in the lap of Congress.

David Kessler

They have been renewed year to year, but Congress is running late.

Paul Gada

I put myself and all the members of Congress in the same boat of things that could have been done better.

John Breaux

As long as Congress doesn't change the rules of the game, there's only so far the states can go.

Karl Frieden

I'll decide tomorrow after the Uefa Congress whether I will speak or not.

Lennart Johansson

We're not going to stop until Congress tells us otherwise.

Leo Transande

This is the setup for 1966, 1967, 1968. If Congress goes ahead and spends another $200 billion and doesn't pay for it, it's just what LBJ did.

Philip Verleger

We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex--but Congress can.

Cullen Hightower

Congress now has the ball in their court.

Dr. Leo Trasande

Congress continues to resist cutting even one program.

Brian M. Riedl

There is broad consensus in Congress to reform the Endangered Species Act.

James Saxton

We are waiting to see what is going to happen in Congress. We believe they will come up with something before May 1.

Juan Romero

We are all saying no blank check to China, ... We have to be very clear to (Congress) about how important their vote is going to be.

Linda Chavez

I think what Congress is attempting is outrageous.

Richard Becker

You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think.

Milton Berle

Congress has never said aid in dying is a crime. The people of Oregon say it's a blessing.

Barbara Coombs Lee

Congress should review and decide on whether or not this deal should proceed.

Francine Busby

There's clearly a massive readjustment going on in Congress.

Tom Petri

We could not arbitrarily do this on our own. This is an issue that Congress will have to decide.

Mark Lassiter

Ministers from both the Congress and the JD-S attended this meeting.

Ambika Soni

Now, Chavez and his backers can do what they want. Congress used to serve as a check, and that's not going to be the case.

Vitali Meschoulam

Oil companies can see the winds have shifted even with Republicans in control of Congress.

Fadel Gheit

Article II will trump anything Congress tries to do through statute.

Kris Kobach

There was a hands-off mentality because Congress didn't understand the issues.

Rick Lane

That pervades CALEA and everything we talk about, ... This is something that Congress has been very derelict in addressing.

Daniel Solove

I am astounded. This is theoretically a fiscally conservative Republican Congress. I don't get it.

Danielle Brian

How's the Vienna-congress going on? It doesn't go, it dances!

Prince De Ligne

When requests come in from Congress, of course they receive appropriate consideration.

Paul Gimigliano

That's like Larry Brown being cited before Congress for only bringing home a bronze from the Athens Olympics. Absurd.

Andrei Markovits

The Internet is going to be a legislative issue in every Congress from now on.

Jerry Berman

If the president signs it and Congress approves, we could get as many as 150 families.

John Seymour

We need to do what the Republican Congress didn't have the decency to do.

Max Anderson

They seem to be on top of it and there doesn't seem to be a need for Congress to get involved.

Sharyn Stein

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.

John Mortimer

He had to get known on other issues because he was ambitious and he wanted to run for congress.

Audrey Moore

I would put myself and all of those who have served in Congress in the same boat if you will, as to things that could have been done better.

John Breaux

Congress is against any confrontation in society over reservations.

Rajiv Shukla

The Court has slapped Congress and treated them worse than an administrative agency.

Beryl Howell

If they straight up asked Congress to amend the law, it would fail.

Duane Woerth

I don't know how much influence we'll have in Congress, but we've got to try.

Jim Dodson

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

Cheryl Lewis

That would be up to Congress.

Becky Bailey

The administration is working with Congress in providing relief in this area.

Jeanie Mamo

There's a lot of fat to trim. ... I wonder if we've been serving in the same Congress.

Jeff Flake

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

Cullen Hightower

There's no room on the agenda, there's no room in Congress and there's no room politically.

Larry Sabato

I'd just as soon they shut Congress down for a few years.

Robert Hirsch

CONGRESS, n. A body of men who meet to repeal laws.

Ambrose Bierce

Members of Congress do this; staff members of Congress do it; it is their responsibility to do so.

Don Fowler

It is building, and these type of activities and the support of members of Congress can only help the cause.

Joe Madison

This is a public policy question, ... The appropriate place to address it is in Congress and federal agencies.

Peter Fox

If he were accepted by Congress, his ability to speak clearly will diminish over time.

Keith Wirtz

Is not a rubber stamp for whatever Congress does.

Lisa Stone

But now that they've notified a member of Congress, it will begin in earnest.

Steven Broderick

Culture of corruption that the Republican Congress has fostered.

Bob Menendez

They're really trying to tell Congress that they're playing straight with them.

Daniel Byman

Two years is one session of Congress, so it helps break that close network of friends.

Craig Holman

It's scandalous. Congress should have hearings about the lack of information that's available.

Sheila Crowley

Congress should not be in the business of supporting state-sponsored discrimination.

Alcee Hastings

Every year the Bush administration provides less aid to Armenia than the Congress envisages.

Frank Pallone

Congress would be better served if we played more rather than less.

Chet Edwards

We are cooperating with all of the committees in Congress.

Arthur Andersen

Unless and until Congress changes the formula, we'll calculate the fee according to the formula.

Tom Gorey

If Congress were able to act, there would be much less activity in the state legislatures.

Josh Bernstein

Now more than ever it's not the time for Congress to be raising its pay.

Jim Matheson

Congress does not have an agenda of its own in these states and is following the agenda set by the CPI-M.

Sreedharan Pillai

[That power] is not limited to aliens or foreign battlefields, ... conditioned on an act of Congress.

Theodore Olson

You'll have a greater ability of Republicans to deliver what they want in Congress.

William Niskanen

So if Congress is going to be on the hook for this, there is reluctance to go with a tunnel.

Mike Shields

The climate in Congress has certainly changed.

Matt Letourneau

And our cause is to unite America behind the Commander in Chief and the Congress to win this war.

Tom Bock

There is so much talk in this Congress about family values.

Luis Gutierrez

It's a roll of the dice that Congress is going to have to take care of.

Anthony Pratt

Certainly the members of Congress have other tools at their disposal.

Fred Turner

Billy Hill I've known since freshman year in Congress.

Mark Sanford

The only way to avoid that is to get something done in the Congress.

Juan Romero

We need to stop what's going on in Congress.

Catherine Tactaquin

I don't think the only place to fight for freedom is in the halls of Congress.

Malcolm Wallop

It's just one example of the increasing breakdown of any rules in the Congress.

Fred Wertheimer

After the flood comes the whitewash, ... The job of this Congress is not to run interference for the administration.

James Mcgovern

It is not a stretch to say the balance of Congress is riding on this case.

Rolando Rios

Is more of an impeachable offense than anything he is being charged with in Congress.

Paul Weyrich

When Congress alters the federal balance, it must carefully consider the consequences of doing so.

Justice Anthony Kennedy

He won't really emerge as his own leader until the next party congress.

Jin Canrong

For Congress and states to say maybe there are areas of coastal land where we simply shouldn't build.

Larry Larson

Our lobby was very intense because of the opposition [to CNOOC in Congress].

Daniel Spiegel

Congress did not say you could ignore collective bargaining rights. It said just the opposite.

Harry Edwards

We adopted the WADA code two years ago at our last congress including the two years' ban.

Arne Ljungqvist

The last thing they want is Congress in their business.

Jay Franklin

I think Congress can walk and chew gum at the same time.

Paul Ryan

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

Scott Parker

Republicans in Congress better beware.

Alan Hoffenblum

The public has turned against this war. And when the public turns against the war, Congress reacts to that.

John Murtha

Since 9/11, nothing has been done to secure our borders and do the job the Congress won't do.

Ann Andrews

He's the man, right? What would be more important in Congress right now than to respond to their own people?

Greg Galluzzo

We need Congress to consider financial relief (for businesses) to make it more competitive.

William Daley

Those funds have to be appropriated by Congress and then they are funneled down to the states.

Elizabeth Castro

Will be a significantly diminished member of Congress.

Suellen Miller