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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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- Frank
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the first members of Congress I met when I was first elected in 2008 was Barney Frank.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
As president of Common Cause, I joined a coalition of groups ranging from the Christian Coalition to Consumers Union, and we went to Congress with over a million signatures asking that Net Neutrality be made law.
- Laws
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- Nov 07, 2020
Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has rejected.
- Organization
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first session of the Congress of the United States under the Constitution was devoted principally to the problems of immediate revenues and administrative and judicial organization.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Former
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is an honor to join my former colleague in Congress, Jim McCrery, and the very talented team at Capitol Counsel.
- Nov 07, 2020
The Republican Party is in charge. They've been charge of the Congress and spending for 10 years.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's not an appropriations bill in the last 10 years that the-that Democrats passed in the Congress. We haven't spent any money of your taxes in the last decade.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; it's broken. One of our three branches of government is broken.
- Constitution
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- Nov 07, 2020
The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the Constitution, but was a pre-existing right, reserved by the People out of the grants of power made to Congress.
- Farmer
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a farmer is a great qualification to have to serve in the United States Congress.
- Office
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress should clarify that a sitting president is not subject to criminal indictment while in office.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am the first podiatrist to serve in the U.S. Congress.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of my top priorities in Congress is creating jobs and promoting a growing economy that raises the standard of living for all Americans.
- Independent
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- Nov 07, 2020