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...

When I testified in front of Congress, I know that I was testifying under oath and I told the truth.

We’re confident, the president is confident, when Congress really understands the transaction they will conclude as he did, it’s the right thing to do.

This is information that seniors need to have and understand, … The Medicare prescription bill was a contentious one in Congress. The average person on Medicare will see a savings of 50 percent in prescription...

Tuition, housing fees, even textbook costs are difficult to meet these days. Why Congress feels the need to cut student loans and drag our faces in the mud, I do not know.

The argument has been made in Congress that it is slippery slope if you allow therapeutic, what people people are calling therapeutic cloning, then you will get reproductive cloning.

Unfortunately, it looks like Congress is going to squander another day without getting any substantial work done.

If you, Judge Roberts, subscribe to the Rehnquist court’s restrictive interpretation of Congress’s ability to legislate, the impact could be to severely restrict the ability of Congress to tackle nationwide issues that the American people...

Now is certainly not the time for Congress to embark on massive tax cuts or spending programs predicated on revenues we have not yet received. Caution, not exuberance, should be our fiscal motto.

This administration’s tough policies had certain advantages in dealing with this Congress on the huge changes in law that would be necessary if there were a change of policies for North Korea,

It would be a mistake to be decided by Congress. It should be decided by the voters.

I’m saying that we have significant concerns about significant portions ? of this, … We need to work with Congress to work our way through that.

The fact that Congress wasn’t aware that the FBI has used some 30,000 national security letters over the past few years is an indication that not enough oversight has been done. The money-laundering sections of...

What five members of the Supreme Court say the law is may be something vastly different from what Congress intended the law to be.

Congress should make it so that all sex scenes in all films should be provided with a screaming baby sound track. That should help take away all the fun and may show a major decrease...

I bowl like I masturbate: with two hands. I should run for Congress.

The tax is set at what the Congress and the president believe is an appropriate level to help.

She was a huge ally. She lent her name to the cause, testified before Congress on ENDA (Employment Non-Discrimination Act), appeared at events. I hope that her death will lead to a rededication and a...

The problem isn’t ex-members (of Congress), or future members or even lobbyists. The problem is lodged in the way the (Congress) does its business, and we have to reform ourselves. Public opinion, public spotlight can...

Until last year, Congress was just a club; we are trying to make it more serious and more influential for the student body. We are looking to reform our committees to make ourselves more respected...