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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress Quotes
On Congress as an institution, not a party.
These congress quotes look at Congress as an institution — its investigative reach during wartime, and how public and press attention can outweigh what actually gets debated inside its halls. One line calls Congress the only body with the authority to fix a broken immigration system, treating it as institutional responsibility rather than partisan debate.
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- Fan
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm also politically independent so I'm not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since coming to Congress, I have been advocating for increased resources for research in the physical sciences and for the Department of Energy Office of Science in particular.
- Unpopular
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress is unpopular. Incumbents are unpopular.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Constitution authorizes Congress to tax Americans to provide for the common defense and promote the general welfare. But in Washington, the professional political class has hijacked that authority to rig up a tax code that provides for the well-being of Washington, not the country.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress has an opportunity to take advantage of the opening created by Justice Kennedy later this year when it reauthorizes the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a Member of Congress from one of the fastest growing States in the country, we hire close to 2,500 new teachers a year, close to 5,000 support staff and faculty.
- Burial
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a member of Congress, and a parent, I understand the importance of ensuring that families are able to provide a meaningful and proper burial for their loved ones.
- Everybody
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody hates Congress; even Congress hates Congress.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got five years of experience as a national security staffer in the U.S. Congress.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
It has now been over 7 years since Congress last raised the minimum wage to its current level of $5.15 per hour. Since that last increase, Congress's failure to adjust the wage for inflation has reduced the purchasing power of the minimum wage to record low levels.
- Act
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- Nov 07, 2020
The public conviction that a railroad linking the West and the East was an absolute necessity became so pronounced after the gold discoveries of '49 that Congress passed an act in 1853 providing for a survey of several lines from the Mississippi to the Pacific.
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- Nov 07, 2020
All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problem... is that most members of Congress don't pay attention to what's going on.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have seen the times when the grassroots has moved the Congress. We listen way more often to our constituents than the lobbyists. And the grassroots are going to have to do it.
- Demanded
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- Nov 07, 2020