Congress Quotes

[John Adams] is impressed with [Tomas] Jefferson's learning, but noted his silence during the debates in the Congress: "I never heard him utter three Sentences together."

I'm just going to let my record in Congress speak for itself.

I have a Congress on my hands.

Andrew Johnson wasn't too bad, but he was overwhelmed by a hostile Congress.

Maybe the Jefferson case will give members of Congress second thoughts the next time they get ready to legislate away the rights of ordinary Americans.

I think that Goldman Sachs and the Pentagon determine more of America's outcome then any president or any congress, that sounds a bit cynical, but I think I am right.

It is hard sometimes to get the Congress to do what you want to do and you have to keep working at it.

Americans want to have what members of Congress have: guaranteed health coverage.

I'm absolutely against privatizing the V.A. And I am going do everything I can to build on the reforms that Senator Sanders and others in Congress have passed to try to fix what's wrong with the V.A.

I'm sick of these congress meetings. There no reason to meet again. As you know, if there's a congress, I usually win it.

If you chose to serve in Congress or on a congressional staff, you should be barred for life from working for any company, organization, or association which lobbies the federal government.

Congress doesn't hate Congress.

I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and extend the payroll tax cut.

Most people are far more concerned that they can control their own bodies than they are about petitioning Congress.

Whether we like it or not, men have more of the offices, more of the higher jobs, more of the seats in Congress. Men need to re-examine what their power is. We need to understand how to use it.

Congress should not establish a religion, and enforce the legal observation of it by law, nor compel men to worship God in any Manner contrary to their conscience.

The establishment of the chaplainship to Congress is a palpable violation of ... constitutional principles.

Congress is back in season.

I think Democrats in Congress love Israel. Our relationship with Israel depends on a strong bipartisan relationship.

Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities.

Congress passes bills that appropriate money. Congress says, 'We're building this bridge or funding that defense project, and they cost this much.'

The White House doesn't create jobs. The government together - White House, Congress - creates policies that allow for greater job creation.

So our focus has to be on the things that we can control, which is to take the necessary measures working with Congress to ensure that our economy grows, that we create jobs.

A new poll shows only 3 percent strongly approve of the job Congress is doing, with a margin of error of 4 percent, so it's possible that "less than no one" thinks they're doing a good job.

According to Kim Jong-Il's biography, they say he has been constantly accused of dishonesty, drunkenness and sexual excess. So if he lived here, he could be in Congress.

President Obama said he is going to use the Gulf disaster to push a new energy bill through Congress. How about using the Gulf disaster to fix the Gulf disaster?

Congress voted for tougher laws on corporations. So now when a corporation buys a senator, they need a receipt.

President Bush has urged people to get back to normal and today Congress announced that they are accepting bribes again.

President Obama wants Congress to increase the minimum wage. Believe me, when it comes to doing the minimum for their wage, Congress knows what it's talking about.

Millions of Americans are struggling to pay their mortgages. They have a right to know whether members of Congress receive sweetheart deals in order to pay for theirs.

Congress will always couple one bad idea with another, the better to 'offset' them.

[Congress] can just make [Mitt] Romney president. And we'd be like, "All right, fine."

I don't understand why every single person in Congress isn't standing up and going, "He [Donald Trump] is in bed with Russia." And then they could just lock their arms and not let him in.

President Bush will go down in history as the torture president. He has now defied a majority of Congress to allow the use of interrogation techniques that any reasonable observer would call torture.

President Obama projects a strong offense, but he faces a rebellious Congress focused on state's rights.

Under Donald Trump, you know, we've seen the foundation of the Republican Party move into the Democratic Party, so Donald Trump, I think, will have a lot of trouble moving things through Congress.

We forced Richard Nixon and the Congress who established, and thanks to your leadership, we supported you and we got the Environmental Protection Act and Agency.

We must challenge to fight at every level, including Congress and to make that challenge political and to organize as a political party is how we get traction.

It's politically impossible for any member of Congress to make a public statement condemning or criticizing the policies of Israel. It would be political suicidal for them to do so.

There are more whooping cranes in the United States of America than there are women in Congress.

Judge [Samuel Alito], there's a genuine struggle going on well beyond you, well beyond the Congress, in America about how to read the Constitution.

We're the ones who can fire [Donald Trump]. We're the ones who can fire members of congress.

During the whole time I sat with him in Congress, I never heard him utter three sentences together.

In this time of challenge, I am asking the prime minister to address Congress on the grave threats radical Islam and Iran pose to our security and way of life.

I would say to the president: This is not about me. This is not about Republicans here in Congress. It's about fairness for the America people.

I want judges on the Supreme Court who will respect the words and the meaning of the Constitution, the laws enacted by Congress and the laws enacted by state legislatures.

In seeking the help of the Congress and our countrymen, I pledged no easy answers. I pledged, and asked, only toil and dedication. These the Congress and the people have given in good measure.

One thing members of Congress need to realize is how much their reliance on staffers is hurting the institution and helping make it unaccountable.

In 2003, Congress should have resisted the rush to a war of choice with Iraq. I will do everything in my power to prevent us from repeating the mistakes of my predecessors.

The voters in my district, and around the country, have demanded that Congress get a hold on the influx of illegal immigrants and tighten the security around our borders.