I do not understand how these statements could be made with Congress having yet to be fully consulted … Indian authorities know more about this important proposal than we in Congress,

The board is insulated in a wide range from any control from presidential oversight, from Congress.

I don’t want protectionist feelings in Congress to stand in the way of progress for Minnesota,

We plan to bring the information we have gathered to Congress as well. We have been doing lots of research, gathering records of community receipts to show the inequities to rural school children in the...

[In that kind of pressure cooker,] you become risk-averse, … The Wastrels of Defense: How Congress Sabotages U.S. Security.

They [Congress] didn’t fix the right problem. It was done for political purposes. It is a dreadful bill [Medicare prescription-drug bill]. It made problems worse, not better.

Polluters have mounted a public pressure campaign, even enlisting some members of Congress, to lobby EPA to weaken the law even more. For the sake of our lakes and streams and the wildlife and people...

To assume that his entire tax package is going to be passed through both houses of Congress without modification would be inaccurate.

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

I hope that the president and I hope the leadership of Congress will, before the end of this year, schedule a debate in which we will grant President Bush authority to take action to remove...

Instead of undermining protections that America’s coasts have long enjoyed, the Sierra Club is urging Congress and the administration to move more in the direction of Senators Nelson and Martinez. It’s time to shift the...

Patience in the Congress is running thin thinner. Certainly, privately, there are a lot more conversations occurring across party lines about Iraq.

Judge, with all due respect, the cases in Vietnam were not based on a specific law passed by Congress to get out …

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

I hope if the Congress returns that we convince him to do his job — to be commander-in-chief — to win the war,

I don’t believe in lobbying only progressives and liberal members of Congress. I don’t believe in doing interviews only with those who share my views. I want to reach a wider audience.

Spanish citizens must be consulted before Congress takes irreversible steps.

The judge decided not to name a substitute president. With 48 hours to go to the congress, and considering the situation, it wasn’t worth it to name someone for this ceremony.

the Government is not liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries to servicemen where injuries arise out of or are in the course of activity incident to service” (U.S. Supreme Court 1950). Federal...

It is not the role of Congress to decide legal cases between private parties. That is why we have courts.

This is a pretty strong message to Congress and the Senate before they vote on a marriage protection amendment. Most politicians are not going to want to stand up for the duty of standing in...

When the islands became a state in 1959, … there was a broad consensus in Congress that Native Hawaiians would not be treated as a separate racial group, and that they would not be transformed...

I said what I said before Congress because I meant every word of it.

I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a disgrace, that two become a lawfirm, and that three or more become a congress. -John Adams

People ask what specific bills in Congress we support. But we are not endorsing any bills. We are just gathering support for the full rights for immigrant workers.

The airheads of Congress will keep their own plush healthcare plan – it’s the rest of us guinea pigs who will be thrown to the wolves.

The base in Congress is eroding as members worry about their own electorates, start to back away from him on immigration, start to back away on Iraq and start to consider the president as an...

Insider trading is a serious crime. Do you know what the penalty for doing it is? Nothing, if you’re a member of Congress.

The longer Congress delays helping the economy out, the longer the economy will remain weak.

What has this session of Congress accomplished? I’m sure they can give me a list of minor technical bills but on the big things they have failed.

It is still too early to sound the death knell for peer-to-peer MP3 sharing technologies. Congress provided this safe harbor, because they wanted to provide protection so that the information location industry could provide this...

I would hope they would look at the record that was made during the last Congress going over his background, the number of times he was reversed on cases, the number of times he did...

There have been thousands of amendments proposed in Congress. Only a handful have been presented to the states.

I’m disappointed . . . that the president has not done more to demand that Congress and other federal agencies make the same sacrifices millions of Americans are already making. There is no charity without...

It’s very funny to say he lobbies Congress but does not lobby the [members ] he has connections to.

A candidate for Congress who would be out knocking on doors, meeting with supporters, talking about issues, debating his or her opponent would come back to the headquarters and they would say, ‘This guy, Tom...

I wouldn’t mind showering in the rain, if there weren’t so many naked men holding umbrellas standing behind me. Who invited Congress?

The jam is moving toward the Capitol where Congress sits in judgment on all the administrative agencies of Government.

Trying to run Congress without human relationships is like trying to run a car without motor oil. Should we be surprised when the whole thing freezes up?

With troops in combat, the Congress has a non-negotiable obligation to weigh in heavily on the side of immediate and near-term needs of the military, particularly the Army. In some cases, this means cutting funds...

On the average, being a member of Congress is an to 100-hour (a week) job,

He knows how Congress works. He knows all the details, … He is a master at getting things done.

Although Congress and the president have agreed on the need to provide financial help to farmers, … the Clinton administration has not focused sufficient attention on the broader problems facing agriculture.

The new dumb, is now wisdom.

When it comes to ethanol, Congress is guilty of more irrational exuberance than on any other issue.

There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S.

This court finds that Col. Milam and Lt. Col. Elmore were acting in the scope of their duties” in 1991-1992 when Capt. Mackey alleged they harassed, intimidated and assaulted her. A legislative remedy was asked...

It is not unpatriotic to acknowledge America’s faults. No country is perfect… We can’t reach the top of the mountain if we don’t fix the injustice and confront our lies.

I’m running because I believe we need to bring sunshine on these subjects into Capitol Hill and Congress.

Despite all the problems with the old committee-era Congress, one of the virtues was that chairs were not only centers of power, but they held vast knowledge about public policy and the … rules of...