Congress Quotes

Congress: America's only true criminal class.

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.

Lobbyists have more offices in Washington than the President. You see, the President only tells Congress what they should do. Lobbyists tell'em what they will do.

We need a return to transparency and a system of checks and balances, to a president who respects Congress' role of oversight and accountability.

What did Napolean do for relaxation? He read a book. What did Lincoln do for relaxation? He read a book. What does Congress do for relaxation? They book a red.

Congress: Bingo with billions.

The slave power dares anything, and it can be conquered only by the united masses of the people. From Congress to the people, I appeal.

During Congress rule terrorism was countered effectively and firmly, whereas during the BJP regime terrorists were treated like guests and released in their own country.

The federal government seeks to control and regulate the Internet, but the last thing this Congress should be doing is trying to stifle public debate online.

Congress is responsible for every major change in India

In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress.

Congress never loses its capacity to disappoint you.

I don't believe in lobbying only progressives and liberal members of Congress. I don't believe in doing interviews only with those who share my views. I want to reach a wider audience.

For me, the Congress party is now my life, the people of India are my life, and I will fight for the people of India and for this party

Political gerrymandering makes the incentive for most members of Congress to play to the extremes of their base rather than to the center.

It's a shame that we have to use whatever leverage we have in Congress to get the president to deal with the biggest problem confronting our future. And that's our excessive spending.

I have the Pleasure to assure you Congress pay particular Attention to the Defence of New Jersey, and hitherto have denied us nothing which we have Asked for that Purpose.

The airheads of Congress will keep their own plush healthcare plan - it's the rest of us guinea pigs who will be thrown to the wolves.

A republican stands up in congress and says 'I GOT A REALLY BAD IDEA!!' and the democrat stands up after him and says 'AND I CAN MAKE IT SHITTIER!!

With Congress, every time they make a joke it's a law, and every time they make a law it's a joke.

I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.

Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.

I think Congress has spent enough time on ethics. I think it's time they moved on to something else.

Nothing but widespread suffering will produce any effect on Congress

I may be the first woman member of Congress, but I won’t be the last.

A president just can't make much showing against congress. They lay awake nights, thinking up things to be against the president on.

Country is run by... financial powers & corporate interests [who] send their lawyers to Congress to make laws so that they don't have to pay taxes

The argument has been made in Congress that it is slippery slope if you allow therapeutic, what people people are calling therapeutic cloning, then you will get reproductive cloning.

Secularism for the Congress is merely a slogan while for the BJP it is an article of faith. Secularism is about votebank politics for the Congress, while it is about 'India first' for the BJP.

If India is computer, Congress is its default program.

Obviously, overall infrastructure needs on the Southwest and Northern borders are mounting. We need a major push in Congress to remedy this.

I will not deny that there are men in the district better qualified than I to go to Congress, but gentlemen, these men are not in the race.

In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free.

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

A constitutional amendment for congressional term limits could never achieve the blessing of Congress; it could be initiated only by the states.

While Kuwait is not a democracy, giving only half the population a voice in their government is not a policy this Congress should support and one that I am glad that Kuwait's leaders are changing.

One of my top priorities in Congress is to reduce U.S. dependence on fossil fuels.

Returning to power in northern India is very important for the Congress party. No magic wand will work. We have to make our efforts. It will be a long and difficult struggle for us.

I never supported violence. Before the formation of TMC, I was a member of the Congress Party. Gandhi's Congress. Non-violence is a philosophy that runs deep.

Every piece of progressive social legislation passed by Congress in the 20th century bears a union label.

In Britain the government has to come down in front of Parliament every day to explain its actions, but here the President never answers directly to Congress.

Since September 11th Congress has created the Department of Homeland Security, more than doubled the homeland security budget and implemented a bipartisan overhaul of our intelligence systems.

That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of conscience.

Some members of Congress are among the best actors in the world.

Congress allows lemonade to the members and has it charged under the head of stationery-I move also that whiskey be allowed under the item of fuel.

That's what a Congressman or a Senator is for -- to see that too much money don't accumulate in the national Treasury.

To take a single step beyond the boundaries specially drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible to definition.

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.

That's one of the major lessons: no president should ever take this nation to war without full public debate in the Congress and/or in the public.