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Congress Quotes

Trump must be removed. So must his congressional enablers.

– Washington Post

Headline on opinion piece by columnist George F. Will.

When will they open a Cold Case on the Psycho Joe Scarborough matter in Florida. Did he get away with murder? Some people think so. Why did he leave Congress so quietly and quickly? Isn’t it obvious? What’s happening now? A total nut job!

– Donald Trump

Scarborough’s wife Mika Brzezinski labeled Trump as “sick” over his false accusation of murder of a congressional aide, who authorities said died of natural causes.

I’m just going to let my record in Congress speak for itself.

– Grace Meng

If we are to change America, we must change the United States Congress.

– Jack Kemp

This resolution is further proof that Congress stands firmly behind our troops and remains resolved to pursue those responsible for the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, until they are discovered, detained, and punished.

– John Doolittle

Obstruction of Congress in our work is a crime.

– Jason Chaffetz

Because the Bush Administration will set no timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, both chambers of Congress acted to make sure our troops will not be left in Iraq indefinitely.

– Jan Schakowsky

We’re half the people; we should be half the Congress.

– Jeannette Rankin

Congress has the responsibility to ensure that any international trade agreement entered into by the United States must serve the national interest, not merely the interests of those crafting the proposal in secret.

– Jeff Sessions

There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S.

– James K. Polk

The Congress has now become a fairly evenly divided entity.

– John Dingell

Everyone knows that a federal job is a lifetime job, and for many in Congress, it seems they have a lifetime job, too.

– John McAfee

I received orders from Congress to proceed to Charleston in South Carolina, for the purpose of Co’operating with General Lincoln in the defense of that Capitol.

– Abraham Whipple

Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has rejected.

– Charles Krauthammer

I am the first podiatrist to serve in the U.S. Congress.

– Brad Wenstrup

Members of Congress have more in common with the people they hobnob in Washington, D.C., than they do with the people they’re supposed to represent.

– Ben Shapiro

Republicans will own Congress.

– Bob Corker

Gabby Giffords was a mentor of mine in the state Legislature and also in Congress.

– Ann Kirkpatrick

Serving in Congress has been the honor of a lifetime.

– Bob Ehrlich

Unlike the United States Congress, which mostly forbids outside employment, state legislatures are generally composed of people with other careers.

– Bill Dedman

We’ve got the power of the purse in the Congress.

– Blake Farenthold

Sometimes running for Congress is a four-year strategy in terms of getting out there and building a network.

– Artur Davis

I have introduced a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and make it clear that the Congress and state legislatures do have the ability and the power to regulate and get corporate funding out of political campaigns.

– Bernie Sanders

If we had decided on January 5, in the new House of Representatives, to make no new spending bills, the debt ceiling would’ve still been hit, because, those are bills that are coming in as a result of purchases and commitments made by the administration and the previous Congress.

– Bill Johnson

It is time for Congress to save the Postal Service, not dismantle it.

– Bernie Sanders

Congress is dysfunctional.

– Bob Filner

The ability of Texas Republicans to be effective in Congress is based on having at least 218 Republicans in the House.

– Bill Flores

In 2010, we have to focus on electing a new Congress and in 2012 we have to focus on electing a new president.

– Andrew P. Harris

Every member of Congress has highways in their district.

– Blake Farenthold

Pigs are smarter than dogs, and both are smarter than Congress.

– Elayne Boosler

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