#congress

Like you, I'm fed up with business as usual in Washington. Send me to Congress, and I won't tweak our broken system. I'll shut it down. ↗

— Francine Busby

#business #congress #down #fed #fed up

I have been in Congress for more than a half century. I have lived through times of fear and times of hope. Of despair and of achievement. I have seen our government at its best, but today I fear that we see our government at its worst. ↗

— Robert Byrd

#been #best #century #congress #despair

I'm not a professional politician. I'm a professional problem solver, and I believe we should cut the salaries of senators and congressmen 10 percent until they balance the budget. I call that conservative common sense. ↗

— Herman Cain

#believe #budget #call #common #common sense

If a trip is worth taking, members of Congress should be prepared to justify paying for it out of their office accounts. ↗

— Russ Feingold

#be prepared #congress #justify #members #office

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

#authorized #center #congress #construction #educate

The longer we go without strong leadership from the Administration and until we see significant progress in the day-to-day lives of the Iraqi people, the more difficult it will become to sustain the support of the American people and Congress for the current course. ↗

— Dennis Cardoza

#american #american people #become #congress #course

I think all members of Congress are very concerned about the fact that, while we want to see our law enforcement agencies have every means they can possibly have to combat terrorism, we've got to remember that we've had a Constitution in place for 225 years, and it has served us well. ↗

— Saxby Chambliss

#agencies #combat #concerned #congress #constitution

I don't want to talk about intelligence matters. I will say, however, that intelligence-community estimates should not become public in the way of this city and in the way of Congress. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#become #city #congress #estimates #however

You can see how dysfunctional this Congress is. ↗

— Pat Toomey

#dysfunctional #how #see #you

After 20 years in Congress, I still believe that smaller government and lower taxes are the most effective economic policies. ↗

— Howard Coble

#believe #congress #economic #economic policies #effective