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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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- Nov 07, 2020
In addition to demanding answers and accountability from the Veterans Administration, Congress had to act to ensure veterans do not suffer because of the actions of a federal agency.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was sent there by the Free Congress Committee, headed by Paul Weyrich. Fred Smith and I were sent down as observers, with reporters' credentials, so we could witness the events.
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- Nov 07, 2020
To stabilize the nation's public-employee pension systems and to prevent federal taxpayers from being billed for failed pension funds, I have introduced the Public Employee Pension Transparency Act in Congress.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Give a member of Congress a junket and a mimeograph machine and he thinks he is secretary of state.
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Congress is unable to do its job and pass a federal budget, then I do not believe we should receive a salary.
- Commerce
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress has the power to legislate with regard to activity that, in the aggregate, has a substantial effect on interstate commerce.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Congress exercises the powers delegated to it by the Constitution, it may impose affirmative obligations on executive and judicial officers of state and local governments as well as ordinary citizens.
- Nov 07, 2020
I have also come to understand Congress' need for a bipartisan as well as a partisan capacity.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress needs strong parties, but it also needs the capacity to deal with budget and entitlement challenges that are likely beyond the reach of pure partisan exertion.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is a basic function of Congress to keep the government running. And so, what we ought not to do is play politics with those who have been affected by disasters.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Congress legislates in haste, it often causes more problems than it solves. But Congress rarely reconsiders its mistakes.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress needs to get over their political bias with each other and work toward saving children's lives.
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- Nov 07, 2020