Congress Quotes - Page 3

• With the parties at virtual parity and the ideological gulf between them never greater, the stakes of majority control of Congress are extremely high.

  Thomas E. Mann

  Party, Majority, Stakes

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• Yes, I do agree we need health care reform; however, this bill badly misses the mark. Congress can and must do better for the American people.

  John Mica

  People, Missing, Reform

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• Copyrights have not expired, and will not expire, so long as Congress is free to be bought to extend them again.

  Lawrence Lessig

  Aggravation, Long, Copyright

  Lawrence Lessig “Free Culture”, Lulu.com

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• The result was, when Congress convened in January 1971, everyone was now an environmentalist. They had seen a new force, college students, who favored the environment.

  Pete McCloskey

  College, Students, Environment

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• Each year thousands of embryos, no bigger than the head of a pin, are created in the process of in vitro fertilization, with the support of Congress, by the way.

  Lois Capps

  Years, Support, Way

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• Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for interrogation methods that go beyond polite conversation.

  John Yoo

  Pain, Law, Definitions

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• Congress has an obligation to protect our country's natural beauty, embodied in our nation's parks, rivers, and breathtaking landscapes.

  Dave Reichert

  Beauty, Country, Rivers

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• Congress requires states to draw single-member districts.

  Thomas E. Mann

  Pregnancy, States, Members

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• I feel kind of like the black sheep in Congress, but here I am.

  Sonny Bono

  Sheep, Here I Am, Black

  "Sonny Bono Killed In Skiing Accident", www.cnn.com. January 6, 1998.

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• It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress.

  Fay Vincent

  Baseball, Aggravation, Terrible

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• I think that Congress's ability to reason is fully equal to that of the judiciary.

  Samuel Alito

  Thinking, Reason, Ability

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 11, 2006.

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• Well, I think the best thing we can do for the short term is move good energy legislation through to the Congress; I'm encouraged that there's some prospect for that now.

  John W. Snow

  Moving, Thinking, Perspective

  "Treasury Secretary Snow Optimistic on Economy". "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. March 23, 2005.

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• Very few men are fortunate enough to gain distinction during their first term in Congress.

  John George Nicolay

  Men, Gains, Firsts

  John George Nicolay (2008). “A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln: Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: a History: Easyread Large Edition”, p.74, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

  Cullen Hightower

  Government, Political, Liberty

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• America, where thanks to Congress, there are forty million laws to enforce the Ten Commandments.

  Anatole France

  Law, America, Thanks

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• Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress at work.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Exhibitions, Rooms, Committees

  Woodrow Wilson, Ronald J. Pestritto (2005). “Woodrow Wilson: the essential political writings”

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• This Congress is simply not doing its job under Republican leadership.

  Jim Cooper

  Jobs, Republican

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• There are 249 millionaires in Congress. Remember a couple of years ago when this new Congress told us they had the solution to the recession? Apparently, they didn't share it with the rest of us.

  Jay Leno

  Couple, Years, Remember

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• Researchers found a frog in new guinea that is so tiny, they believe it's the smallest vertebrate on the planet. It has the tiniest backbone of any living creature, except members of Congress.

  Jay Leno

  Believe, Frogs, Tiny

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• How many times will this Congress waste time on an issue that a majority of Americans do not want?

  Raul Grijalva

  Issues, Want, Waste

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• I had taken on the color of the climate around me and had driven back all the emotion that rose from the Brooklyn streets so that I could belong to the exclusive club of Congress.

  Emanuel Celler

  Taken, Color, Rose

  Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

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• In 2003, Congress authorized the construction of a visitor center for the Vietnam Memorial to help provide information and educate the public about the memorial and the Vietnam War.

  Dennis Cardoza

  Education, War, Memorial

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• Unfortunately a Constitutional amendment that would have empowered Congress to make desecration of the United States flag illegal failed to pass by one vote.

  Kenny Marchant

  Empowering, United States, Flags

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• I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Aggravation, Trials, Lawyer

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• I hope to see the bringing together of all the best educated people of the earth into a worldwide Congress of Scientists.

  Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet

  People, Together, Earth

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