#congress

We are scheduled to meet this year fewer days than any Congress since at least 1948. And that is even before I was born. So far, we are in the 123rd day of this year, and yet we have only had 26 voting days in this body. That is a shame. ↗

— Jim Cooper

#before #body #born #congress #day

In coming to the Congress as a new Member and becoming a fellow Blue Dog, we have had an opportunity to share and really spend a great deal of time in examining the challenges that our Nation finds itself in in getting its fiscal house in order. ↗

— Jim Costa

#blue #challenges #coming #congress #deal

As Members of Congress and people of conscience, we must work to overcome the indifference and distortions of history, and ensure that future generations know what happened. ↗

— Jerry Costello

#conscience #distortions #ensure #future #future generations

Since September 11, 2001, many in this nation and this Congress have a deeper appreciation for the importance of the sacrifices made by our law enforcement officers. ↗

— Jerry Costello

#congress #deeper #enforcement #importance #law

I will leave the U.S. Congress when the term for which I was elected expires in January 2011 and return to the practice of law with a sense of duty fulfilled. ↗

— Mario Diaz-Balart

#duty #elected #fulfilled #i #january

You know that I am living proof that the American Dream is real. Growing up, our congressman cut through government bureaucratic red tape to help my mom buy our first house. That's the kind of congressman I'll be. ↗

— Geoff Davis

#american #american dream #bureaucratic #buy #congressman

The moral issue here is whether the United States Congress is going to stand in the way of science and preclude scientists from doing lifesaving research. ↗

— Rosa DeLauro

#doing #going #here #issue #moral

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. ↗

— Mark Twain

#congress #i #idiot #member #myself

And I am saying, how about the other two branches? And putting the pressure on our representatives in the Senate and the Congress, and the court system. They should be counter-acting this corruption, but they are sitting there silent. ↗

— Sibel Edmonds

#am #branches #congress #corruption #court

We have to remind the people: Congress has the constitutional obligation and public responsibility to oversee these issues and the Department of Justice's operations. ↗

— Sibel Edmonds

#constitutional #department #issues #justice #obligation