Quotes tagged ‘Congress’

“Just look around the world. The worst despots are now using Trump’s language to justify their own abuses of power. Trump is trying to weaken our institutions, the press, the courts, the congress, precisely because they are the only checks on his power. That’s what this is all about. The abuse of pow…”

— Joe Biden, rev.com

“Four years ago when I was here and talked about raising the minimum wage, it was a radical idea. Since then, seven states and the Congress have done it. Four years ago when we talked about climate change being an existential threat to the planet, again, that was deemed to be pretty outside the box.…”

— Bernie Sanders, capitalandmain.com

“Those closest to the pain should be closest to the power. That is the mantle I will carry with me to Congress.”

— Ayanna Pressley, rollingstone.com

“Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon started a viral Twitter moment on Thursday when she shared a photo of herself wearing two different shoes to work.”

— Alyssa Hardy, teenvogue.com

“My sense is, following some success that I had in Congress, and working with Republicans to actually get things signed into law, including both President Obama and President Trump’s administrations, that I may have an ability to work with people who think differently than I do, come to a different c…”

— Beto O'Rourke, vanityfair.com

“Our democracy is built on debate, Congresswoman! I should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country in Congress or serve on committee. The people of the 5th elected me to serve their interest. I am sure we agree on that!”

— Ilhan Omar, twitter.com

“They barely have time to fend off calls from angry creditors, let alone write letters to Congress. And most are profoundly, desperately ashamed of their situation. For many, the decision to file for bankruptcy proves to be the darkest secret of their entire lives. Politically speaking, they are almo…”

— Elizabeth Warren, amazon.com

“As a young, young girl, I probably didn't know about women like Rosa Parks. I wasn't that kid who said, 'Someday, I want to be in Congress.' But I knew my grandmothers, and they were incredible people.”

— Lisa Blunt Rochester, elle.com

“It depends on the kind of mood that they are in. For example, there are areas where I thought that we would be able to cooperate where things have not occurred. I thought that we would be able to cooperate on infrastructure, for example, and criminal justice, and that has not occurred anywhere to th…”

— Joaquin Castro, harvardpolitics.com

“Any time you have divided government—if you have a Congress of one party and a president of the other party, or a split Congress and a president of one of the other parties—it is tough. But you try to pass the legislation that is important to you and try to negotiate with the Senate, in the scenario…”

— Joaquin Castro, harvardpolitics.com

“WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favour; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to recommend to the people of the…”

— George Washington, grove.ufl.edu

“We believe there is no such thing as a bad congressional aide, only a poorly trained one!”

— Sue D. Gelber, thebelladonnacomedy.com

“Dr. Temperance Brennan: If we're less than four feet below the surface, this should blow us out. Dr. Jack Hodgins: And if we're more than 4 feet below the surface? Dr. Temperance Brennan: Then the concussion will turn our brains to jelly. Dr. Jack Hodgins: Oh, good, then we can run for Congress. So…”

— Janet Tamaro, Temperance 'Bones' Brennan, Emily Deschanel, imdb.com

“We view the path of the present administration as corroding the international standards the United States had as a negotiator, a mediator and a compromiser for good. Frankly, we lost our way. We did not allow the UN inspectors to proceed in completing their work and did not allow a vigorous internat…”

— Sheila Jackson Lee, en.wikiquote.org

“Neglected by Congress below; pinched with every want here; distressed with the small-pox; want of Generals and discipline in our Army—which may rather be called a great rabble—our late unhappy retreat from Quebeck, and loss of the Cedars; our credit and reputation lost, and great part of the country…”

— Benedict Arnold, u-s-history.com

“Neglected by Congress below; pinched with every want here; distressed with the small-pox; want of Generals and discipline in our Army—which may rather be called a great rabble—our late unhappy retreat from Quebec, and loss of the Cedars; our credit and reputation lost, and great part of the country;…”

— Benedict Arnold, en.wikiquote.org

“I say that we must not interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists, because the Constitution forbids it, and the general welfare does not require us to do so. We must not withhold an efficient Fugitive Slave law, because the Constitution requires us, as I understand it, n…”

— Abraham Lincoln, en.wikiquote.org

“Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the lates…”

— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org

“I rely confidently on the patriotism of the people, on the dignity and self-respect of the States, on the wisdom of Congreess, and, above all, on the continued gracious favor of Almighty God to maintain against all enemies, whether at home or abroad, the sanctity of the Constitution and the integrit…”

— Franklin Pierce, amazon.com

“The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government. While the Chief Magistrate and the popular branch of Congress are elected for short terms by the suffrages of those millions who must in their own persons bear all the burdens and miseries of war, our Government can not be other…”

— James K. Polk, thoughtco.com