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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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