Congress Quotes - Page 35

• Of course, to avoid getting stuck in that convo with someone you dislike or feel uncomfortable around, don't be passive, be proactive. Do not let them direct your interaction on their terms, do it on yours. Ask a Misdirection Question--something too difficult to answer quickly--e.g., 'What's Congress up to?' or 'You ever learn any cool science?' When you ask the question, don't make eye contact, keep moving and get out of there. Do not wait for a response and deny ever asking it. Repeat these actions until you are never again spoken to by that individual (about four times).

  Eugene Mirman

  Moving, Eye, Waiting

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• Congratulations, Congress! 77% disapproval rating! You may be about to become the English language's most offensive C-word.

  John Oliver

  Congratulations, May, Language

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• It's August, which means Congress is on recess and Mitch McConnell has shimmied back into the ocean to seek a mate.

  Stephen Colbert

  Ocean, Mean, August

  Twitter post from Aug 08, 2012

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• We've never had our injustices rectified from the top, from the president or Congress, or the Supreme Court, no matter what we learned in junior high school about how we have three branches of government, and we have checks and balances, and what a lovely system. No. The changes, important changes that we've had in history, have not come from those three branches of government. They have reacted to social movements.

  Howard Zinn

  School, Government, Lovely

  "Howard Zinn Talks to Social Studies Teachers". Speech at the National Council for the Social Studies Conference in Houston, zinnedproject.org. November 16, 2008.

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• There are 435 members of Congress. There's one 'Morning Joe' show. Hopefully, we can keep hammering the argument that you can disagree with other people and have debates but remain civil.

  Joe Scarborough

  Morning, People, Argument

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• Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.

  Felicity Huffman

  America, Women's Health, Care

  "Don't threaten women's health care" By Felicity Huffman, www.cnn.com. February 29, 2012.

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• Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have to declare war. You're just at war and we did that, which is not legal.

  Val Kilmer

  Dog, War, Wags

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• The Israeli puppeteer travels to Washington and meets with the puppet in the White House. He then goes down Pennsylvania Avenue and meets with the puppets in Congress. The Israeli leader then 'brings back millions of dollars' in aid to Israel.

  Ralph Nader

  Israel, White, House

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• The greatest threat facing America today
  is the disastrous fiscal policies of our own government,
  marked by shameless deficit spending and
  Federal Reserve currency devaluation.
  It is this one-two punch -
  Congress spending more than it can tax or borrow,
  and the Fed printing money to make up the difference -
  that threatens to impoverish us by further
  destroying the value of our dollars.

  Ron Paul

  America, Government, Printing Money

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• Imagine if the political elites in our country were forced to endure the same conditions at the airport as business travelers, families, senior citizens, and the rest of us. Perhaps this problem could be quickly resolved if every cabinet secretary, every member of Congress, and every department head in the Obama administration were forced to submit to the same degrading screening process as the people who pay their salaries.

  Ron Paul

  Senior, Country, Airports

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• African American Congressman Bobby Rush wore a hoodie on the floor of Congress to make a point this week. And they threw him out. They said a hoodie is too scary for Congress. Too scary? Have you ever looked into Michele Bachmann's eyes?

  Bill Maher

  Eye, Scary, African American

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• That might be between BJP and Kejriwal. So far as Congress party is concerned, we are fighting this election to win.

  Ghulam Nabi Azad

  Party, Fighting, Winning

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• Congress must not do something just for the sake of doing something. We must carefully and thoughtfully consider the implications of any action and whether that action will help or hinder our ultimate mission of protecting U.S. citizens from terror.

  Richard Burr

  Citizens, Sake, Helping

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• Congress would make it mandatory, absolutely require, that, every five years, people in Medicare have a required counseling session that will tell them how to end their life sooner

  Betsy McCaughey

  Years, People, Counseling

  'The Rachel Maddow Show' with Rachel Maddow, www.nbcnews.com. July 29, 2009.

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• We will make sure our troops have all that is necessary to complete their missions. That's why I went to the Congress last September and proposed fundamental - supplemental funding, which is money for armor and body parts and ammunition and fuel...

  George W. Bush

  Troops, Armor, Fundamentals

  George W. Bush's Remarks at Victory 2004 Rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. September 4, 2004.

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• Congress, the legislative stone in America's urethra.

  Jon Stewart

  America, Stones

  "Jon Stewart Jabs Obama’s Guantanamo Failure", May 2, 2013.

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• After two years of hard work and debate, Congress has passed a highway bill that will help fuel our economy by creating roughly 500,000 new jobs, as well as address many critical transportation needs in Ohio and the 18th Congressional District.

  Bob Ney

  Jobs, Hard Work, Ohio

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• The question is who ought to make that decision, the Congress or the commanders? And as you know, my position is clear. I'm a commander guy.

  George W. Bush

  Guy, Decision, Clear

  "Veto Sustained, Bush Sits Down with Lawmakers". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. May 2, 2007.

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• I think conventional wisdom is that time is not on our side. But there are a number of members of Congress who have primaries and when those primaries are done, they may be more inclined to address the issue of comprehensive immigration reform.

  John McCain

  Thinking, Numbers, Issues

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• This remains a very important opportunity for the American people to have their day in court against big tobacco and its marketing practices. I urge Congress to provide the funding to allow the lawsuit to move forward, and not to shield the tobacco industry from the consequences of its actions.

  William J. Clinton

  Moving Forward, Opportunity, Practice

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• Our Congress is the finest body of men money can buy.

  Morey Amsterdam

  Men, Body, Finest

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• Despite the previous efforts of Congresses, our addiction to foreign oil, as the President stated, is greater today than ever before. That dependency is a threat to our national security, and we must address that threat.

  Jim Costa

  Oil, Addiction, Effort

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• Our representative democracy is not working because the Congress that is supposed to represent the voters does not respond to their needs. I believe the chief reason for this is that it is ruled by a small group of old men.

  Shirley Chisholm

  Believe, Men, Democracy

  Shirley Chisholm (2010). “Unbought and Unbossed: Expanded 40th Anniversary Edition”, p.119, Take Root Media

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• When I die, I want to be remembered as a woman who lived in the twentieth century and who dared to be a catalyst of change. I don't want to be remembered as the first black woman who went to Congress. And I don't even want to be remembered as the first woman who happened to be black to make a bid for the Presidency I want to be remembered as a woman who fought for change in the twentieth century. That's what I want.

  Shirley Chisholm

  Black, Want, Firsts

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• I was the first American citizen to be elected to Congress in spite of the double drawbacks of being female and having skin darkened by melanin. When you put it that way, it sounds like a foolish reason for fame. In a just and free society it would be foolish. That I am a national figure because I was the first person in 192 years to be at once a congressman, black and a woman proves, I think, that our society is not yet either just or free.

  Shirley Chisholm

  Thinking, Years, Black

  Shirley Chisholm (2010). “Unbought and Unbossed: Expanded 40th Anniversary Edition”, p.19, Take Root Media

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