What Congress did was much more symbolic than it was substantive, … The law has not changed, because the law has always said that a signature is a symbol adopted with someone’s intent to comply....

Pigs are going to start flying. The voice of the taxpayers is finally being heard in Congress.

We will continue to work with Republicans and Democrats in Congress to enact a tax cut plan consistent with the president’s approach.

If Congress doesn’t raise taxes, you cannot get a private investment account without forgoing a portion, possibly all, of your guaranteed benefit check.

It’s a self-perpetuating system involving interests, members of Congress, people in the executive branch and patronage positions and so on.

We can’t wait until Congress is in session next February to address next year’s supply challenges, … By then it will be too late. … Flu is a worldwide killer and the need for a...

The congress will bring ratification, reiteration of the fundamentals of the revolution.

What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress.

Congress needs to slow down, hold a hearing and make sure this isn’t a solution in search of a problem first.

I submit to you, Mr. President of Congress, my formal resignation as president of the republic,

This is a victory for sound science, the killer whales, and the people of the Pacific Northwest. However, if Congress continues on its path to gut the Endangered Species Act, the best tools available to...

Since this is constitutional it does not impinge on the powers of Congress. Congress, however, must observe its own rules in the power of inquiry in aid of legislation while the rights of the witnesses...

What did the Democrats in Congress know and why weren’t they talking to each other?

Congressional proposals that would roll back state laws are headed in the wrong direction. Our findings suggest that Congress should adopt the strongest state provisions and allow states to tailor other provisions to fit their...

It’s a very good start. For the Congress, which hasn’t done this before, we think it’s a bold, cooperative move.

In the wiretapping, despite all the momentum for a more assertive Congress, you’re seeing Congress backing down, because there are many Republicans and even Democrats who are afraid of being seen as preventing the president...

Congress reacted, the public reacted, and this made it all the more complicated for the United States to continue its, its secret assistance to the Iraqi military.

I’ll tell you, gentlemen, it’s this kind of case that makes many of us in Congress skeptical that it’s actually a new day,

Because she sat where she sat, we are now sitting in Congress, … We are sitting in the Supreme Court. We are sitting as CEOs and heads of universities.

If you’re schooled in just the executive branch, you’re inclined to think Congress is pretty stupid — they get things wrong a lot and all smartness lies in the executive branch, … starting point would...

Congress doesn’t hate Congress.

The intelligence community, for the most part, has no accountability at all; to the Congress, to us the American people, and so they feel that they above the law.

We’re half the people; we should be half the Congress.

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

We’re in a Congress that much prefers to investigate than legislate, so we can assume that there will be hearings and an investigation.

I think that Congress’ ability to reason is fully equal to that of the judiciary.

Most of what we report from Congress they don’t care about unless it affects them directly.

The president’s focus will be the bottom line: He wants tax cuts. He’ll work with Congress on whatever procedure best gets that job done.

(I support efforts) to limit the terms of the members of Congress, especially members of the House and members of the Senate

I had a dream about you. You wanted to go for a walk, and I wanted to start a parade. I suggested we team up, but you said you’d rather have sex with a cactus....

We have a real emergency here. The president believes it’s unfortunate that Congress has sent down legislation that isn’t clean.

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

Congress has a responsibility to make sure our taxpayer dollars are being spent responsibly and effectively, and at the same time, that our men and women in uniform have everything they need to carry out...

Nobody should expect from the congress the abandonment of what our revolution has meant.

If the Congress decides that the priority for this engine is higher than the DoD has proposed, then I’m sure the Congress will be able to soundly and thoughtfully restore the program in a way...

When I first ran for Congress in 1998, people counted me out.

Some of these positions will be involved with administering the 75 million dollars that we hope to get from Congress to promote empowerment and democracy, and flow of information and citizen exchanges in Iran.

We haven’t really lost the momentum. We were afraid that might happen with Congress away for two weeks.

Should Congress grant video providers the extraordinary regulatory relief represented by national broadband video franchises — turning nearly 40 years of local control of video services on its head — Congress must also ensure net...

He’s truly a renaissance individual for our times, … I’ve likened him to a Will Rogers voice in Congress (with) humor (and) common sense. He brought real legislative achievements, working on environmental issues for Southern...

Sure, they will be more independent. But my point is that as a Republican Congress, they will still be more supportive than not.

I’ve always been an intuitive politician, and it just made sense after 25 years in Congress and nine years in the (Ohio) legislature, … I’ve paid my dues.

Let me be clear, the Congress will be writing the next farm bill in 2007, and I am deeply concerned the administration is using the current negotiations to reshape farm policy without the full input...

Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.

I asked whether it was constitutional for Congress to intervene in an end-of-life case with a specific remedy,

Those of us in the Congress must confront and overcome Republican intransigence to increasing the minimum wage, extending unemployment insurance and protecting food stamps.

Whenever you see groups on the far left and the far right joining together over what Congress is getting ready to do, it’s my experience that whatever Congress is getting ready to do is generally...

With anal sex, I suggest you start gently. Find a slender midget. Or a member of Congress.

You’ve got a Republican White House; you’ve got Republicans in control of Congress. It should be smooth sailing.

The Congressional Record will forever show that [Obamacare] was passed in a romper room of overgrown children seemingly barely old enough to keep from peeing on themselves.