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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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- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have said, with respect to authorization bills, that I do not want the Congress or the country to commit fiscal suicide on the installment plan.
- Progress
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had a growing conviction that Congress is not operating as it should. There is much too much partisanship and not enough progress.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress has greatly tightened the loopholes terrorists can use to harm Americans. We need to do more. We need controls immediately on what forms of ID are adequate to board planes and enter secure sites.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have bloated, out-of-control, and unresponsive government agencies that need to be reined in and focused by Congress to deliver results.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I first decided to run for Congress when I was 29 - and became a Representative at the age of 30.
- Energy Policy
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Congress, I've advocated for an all-of-the-above energy policy that identifies and promotes alternative energy sources such as wind, solar, biomass and hydropower.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our most important job in Congress is to provide for our national defense, and therefore, every year, Congress allocates funds and determines defense priorities in a bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA.
- Additional
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Republican argument that raising the debt ceiling encourages additional future spending is logically irresponsible. The debt ceiling has to be raised to authorize spending already approved by Congress. Despite that fallacy, the GOP has been able to score political points with its argument.
- Clean
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ever since I've been in Congress, various groups on the business side, those entities that are creating jobs out there, have felt that the Clean Air Act is really - that there are all sorts of presumptions in favor of the environmentalists.
- Fuel Economy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problem is, is that President Bush and the Republican leadership in the Congress have resisted attempts to increase dramatically our fuel economy standards over the last five years.
- Well
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.
- President
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- Nov 07, 2020
There have been high crimes and misdemeanors, but they have been committed by the special prosecutor and the Congress, not the president.
- Office
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- Nov 07, 2020