Congress Quotes

Wall Street, the banks, and corporate America, has been able to call the shots here. They control our members of Congress and they get what they want.

The New World Order run by the United Nations ain't gonna happen. Because they've shown their hand, and at least some corner of Congress and the American people are awake to it: they've blown it all.

Congress does two things well: nothing and overreacting.

In order to achieve optimal economic growth, Congress must adhere to sane spending guidelines while promoting smart policies devoted to growing businesses and creating jobs.

We don't need to allow any more Nancy Pelosies to wind up in Congress.

Judges are not members of Congress, they're not state legislators, governors, nor presidents. Their job is not to pass laws, implement regulations, nor to make policy.

If Congress were to censure, fine or otherwise try to punish a president, it would dramatically alter the balance of power between the branches.

Some people say I have issues. I say those people need to expand their horizons because I don't have issues, I have the Library of Congress

There are a lot of great animal rights organizations who save dogs and save cats, but the Humane Society is actually really good at working with Congress and getting legislation actually passed.

I went to Congress to change the policies of our country. I did not go to change the behaviors of members of Congress.

Congress is my ideological home; I come from a Nehruvian family.

Divide and rule is the way Congress does their politics while we say let's unite and do development.

We need a Skilled India but Congress has created a Scam India in the last 10 years.

See the Congress' track record. It has taken the nation backwards. They keep talking about Rights. The Nation is tired of your Acts, the Nation needs action.

The Congress' name of 'INC' must be changed to 'Institutions Neglecting Congress'. Their habit is to misuse, abuse and reduce institutions.

Remember, the Congress doesn't get as many opportunities to make an impression with the public.

If there's a major foreign policy event, the President gets on TV, the Congress doesn't.

Congress' passing of the omnibus spending bill without reading it shows more than anything why they can't be trusted.

The Congress is pretty powerful if it wants to be.

Nothing gets done (in Congress) unless it's bipartisan. And the reason that matters is that it's a function of reality.

Write letters to your editors, write to your members of Congress, and write to your news stations.

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.

[Donald Trump] is going to be tainted by scandal. Congress hangs by just three Republican votes. If he loses three Republicans, you're going to see investigations, subpoenas.

Law Number XX: In any given year, Congress will appropriate the amount of funding approved the prior year plus three-fourths of whatever change the administration requests, minus 4-percent tax.

If you go back to any period in India's history, all the hard decisions this country had to take were taken when the Congress was in power.

The problem isn't a Congress that won't cut spending or a president who won't raise taxes. The problem is an American public with a bottomless sense of entitlement to federal money.

We don't need a "New Covenant." We need a new Congress.

I think there's always a role for Congress under every instance in every administration to conduct oversight of the executive branch.

On behalf of every Republican and every Democrat in Congress, on behalf of the whole House, I want our friends in the Jewish community to know that we stand with them.

I think that the most exciting thing is to find a tool, like an art, with an opportunity to share. Real roots come from everywhere in the world. Why call is congress? Because it is a congress.

One of the best ways to stop the failed policies coming out of Congress is to bring in the ideas and the involvement of the American people, which the America Speaking Out project is designed to do.

Historically, the minority party in Congress votes against raising the debt limit, forcing the majority party to whip its members into casting politically painful votes in favor.

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.

Modi Model of Development is more a hype than reality, and the Congress has always stood for inclusive development.

Congress is the most powerful branch. It can expand a progressive society, or it can block a progressive society.

I hear people who are worried about climate change tell me, oh, Congress that's gridlock, that's not where the action is.

Congress is the great enabler, constitutionally, for progressive society, and it's the great graveyard, the way it's been behaving, against a prosperous society, or another billionaire or two.

The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history.

I think this sets a very bad precedent, the president unilaterally on his own starting war without any consent from Congress.

Last time Congress passed a major six-year transportation bill was in 1997, since then there have been 21 short-term extensions.

Unfortunately, Congress is protecting the profits of those opposed to protecting the planet.

Congress must take responsibility for a new positive direction - an innovative agenda that will lead to a more secure America. Secure communities, secure economies, and a secure quality of life.

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.

When I came into the job, funding for the humanities at the federal level was being drastically cut. This was the high tide of the new Republican Congress.

I wish I could set deadlines for the Congress, but that's just not the way the Constitution is written.

The member of Congress who is not making a career of politics looks quite differently at the world.

I guess the optimistic thing is that those people in Congress who are climate deniers, I think their time has run out.

When the President decides to go to war, he no longer needs a declaration of war from congress.

American voters should understand that Congress will always find a way to spend every last dollar sent to Washington.

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.