We have some Jewish members of Congress, not a lot but there’s a bunch of us.

They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.

As heirs to a legacy more than two centuries old, it is understandable why present-day Americans would take their own democracy for granted. A president freely chosen from a wide-open field of two men every...

The most important role is for people who know what it’s like on the ground. Congress intended for the public to act as a watchdog.

As members of Congress, they were elected as representatives of their constituents.

During my first term in Congress, I signed a pledge that I will take no more earmarks and I’ve been faithful to that pledge.

The question Congress and the administration will still have to grapple with most is not the nature or desirability of the exploration architecture, but rather its timing,

As a member of Congress, I believe Congress must provide oversight of actions by the Executive Branch as our system of checks and balances requires.

We screened that movie before members of Congress. Hopefully, the screening of the movie had some kind of an effect on the process.

At this stage of the budgeting process, this increase is an extremely important step in restoring federal support for technology in education, as it provides increased funding flexibility for Congress to address critical priorities in...

As you get closer to the election, the likelihood that Congress is going to be able to pass legislation, particularly on what might be viewed as partisan or difficult issues, diminishes.

Those of us who are pro-life should demand more from Congress.

We’re going to be reaching out to Congress. The idea is to start with some conversations out in the states with selected members of Congress to help them understand the ramifications of the policies that...

It is true that the poet does not directly address his neighbors; but he does address a great congress of persons who dwell at the back of his mind, a congress of all those who...

I think Congress and the federal government don’t fully understand the risk to this jewel of New Orleans, … They spend billions on the Everglades and on the Big Dig in Boston … yet our...

[The Asia Pacific region isn’t the only hotbed of Linux activity. The Peruvian congress is considering a law that would force all government computer systems to use open-source technology whenever possible.] Security is especially relevant...

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

I’m surprised that the Congress and the president would choose to honor the Constitution by violating it.

I had a dream about you. I was at your family reunion, and your grandma was chugging the hunch punch with all the confidence of a mature woman in diapers. I was on Wheelchair Patrol,...

It’s a very big perk for members (of Congress) and a very big lobbying tool for companies.

To suggest the reason he signed a letter along with 35 other members of Congress opposing the establishment of a casino was because of anything other than his long-held anti-gaming position is both ludicrous and...

Our job shouldn’t stop with a bill. It should stop with a solution. Congress should be offering solutions, ideas, talking with the administration.

How much longer can the elected representatives of the American people in this Congress allow the President to rack up over a billion dollars a week in new debts? This war is draining, by one...

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

The fact that Congress has chosen not to do something about this is a national scandal that has cost lives,

The Republican Party is in charge. They’ve been charge of the Congress and spending for 10 years.

At any rate, Congress hasn’t acted, and that’s really what the focus of our hearing is today as to what ought to be done.

I had a dream about you. We were out to dinner at some place fancy, like the Library of Congress. I ate a thick, rare James Joyce novel, and you ate a pig that looked...

If they straight up asked Congress to amend the law, it would fail.

[Members of Congress may not get in trouble with the law more than others, but when they do they come under a lot more scrutiny.] They can get away with less, but they don’t recognize...

I am hopeful that new leadership can open the door for Amtrak to work closely with Congress to achieve meaningful reforms.

Congress’s definition of torture in those laws – the infliction of severe mental or physical pain – leaves room for interrogation methods that go beyond polite conversation.

I am confident of the Congress party winning the polls.

I could end the deficit in five minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for...

Routinely, members of Congress who want to get reelected raise a lot of money to scare challengers out of the race. Joel Hefley clearly did not do that in 2005, and suddenly he has an...

The thing they’re trying to stop is 30-million people getting health insurance. That’s the substance.

If Congress is unable to do its job and pass a federal budget, then I do not believe we should receive a salary.

Anarchists have taken over (the GOP).

There is Irish Spring, but there is no fall soap.

I don’t know that there’s a sense of urgency among members of Congress to address it. I don’t think there are any plans among the pro-life coalition to push for Congress to intervene.

To this congress the poet speaks not of peculiar and personal things, but of what in himself is most common, most anonymous, most fundamental, most true of all men.

Members of Congress are like the voters in one respect — they want to go with the winners.

I ran for Congress, just once.