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Baseball and the players only act when Congress threatens you, so why should we believe you are serious now?

Because she sat where she sat, we are now sitting in Congress, ... We are sitting in the Supreme Court. We are sitting as CEOs and heads of universities.

China's National People's Congress is ready to join parliaments of other countries in making full use of this important stage of the IPU to carry out all forms of multilateral cooperation in a sustained endeavor to build a peaceful, prosperous and harmonious new world.

I'm amused when Congress tries to place the blame on somebody but never themselves. I've never heard any of them ever say, 'I've made a mistake.' I do. I say I called it wrong. But they just try to find somebody to blame.

Imagine if the 50 million people put at risk this year let Congress know they want better safeguards.

I'm also sending a message to the Congress and the American people that we will do everything we can to guard our nation's secrets.

I have been of the view that if we in Congress can't balance the budget, we shouldn't approve a pay raise.

I have a deep disdain for the president's actions, ... He deserves the admonishment and the censure and the rebuke of the Congress ... Not only is this the public's preference, but it is the right thing to do.

If in fact the U.N. through this effort ... moves in that direction, then I think it will make it more difficult perhaps for the U.N. to achieve the level of support that it would like to in Congress to further its legitimate goals,

I can't go above it by law. That's what I am authorized to do. Anything above that means I have to spend money that Congress specifically authorizes for that purpose. Only then we can go build it. It's not simple.

Given the fact that anything that is really new is classified, we won't learn anything in the hearings that we don't already know. Congress is so ineffectual most of the time and so afraid, if the attorney general just sticks to his script, they won't lay a glove on him.

Getting our affected Gulf Coast states the aid they need to help victims and rebuild communities continues to be our highest priority. Today's passage is the second aid package in recent days, and it illustrates one thing: this Congress is serious about doing everything we can to help local, state and federal officials respond to this crisis.

For years, the Blue Dogs have stressed the need for a rainy day fund in the event of disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and 9/11, ... Unfortunately, this concept, which is adopted by most families and businesses, has eluded many members of Congress and the current administration.

For years, members of Congress have heard from constituents who want them to protect the nation from crime, terrorism and intellectual property violation. They have not faced equally robust demands that online rights and freedoms be preserved.

Frankly, I'm surprised. I thought the story would have legs and get much more attention. After all the debate in Congress over the need for the President to keep them in the loop he simply signs away one of the key provisions of the revised act.

Frankly I believe that there's too little funding for intelligence, we have too few assets and too few analysts. And I think if the Congress and others are going to demand a greater capacity in intelligence we're going to have to be prepared to pay for a more sophisticated and a more intense structure of intelligence capabilities, and I think its wrong for some members of Congress to vote to cut intelligence spending, to vote to cut the number of intelligence analysts and then to set unrealistically high demands on the intelligence community.

Fox is getting the word that it's going to be Congress that calls the shots on immigration and that Bush can't push the Congress.

Freedom of speech and freedom of expression are so ingrained in our society we rarely stop to think about it. I'm able to write what I want--dark fiendish plots without fear. . . . I can criticize the FBI, the CIA, the president and Congress without giving it a thought.

Funding for the major recommendations will go to Congress in the Defense budget on Monday and Congress will have its say on them.

If anything, these kinds of threats and posturing will only antagonize and embolden Congress, ... With or without the industry participating, this process will move forward.

If all these people are betting all this money, they have found other ways to deposit funds into their accounts at internet gambling sites. If that many Americans enjoy this activity, nothing Congress can do will stop them.

If a country chooses not to ratify Cafta and open its markets to U.S. goods and services, it should not automatically assume that Congress would continue to provide it preferential one-way access into the U.S. market.

If a lawyer was too aggressive in requiring deletion of things they shouldn't have, Congress should look into that.

I don't want protectionist feelings in Congress to stand in the way of progress for Minnesota,

I don't understand why that wasn't used. Congress has clearly provided for what was going on. It seems to be that that procedure should have been followed.

I expect in the near future, unless some dramatic change occurs, the Congress will speak loudly and forcefully on China's continuing currency manipulation.

I expect there to be criticism, but when Democrats say that I deliberately misled the Congress and the people, that's irresponsible,

I don't think that many people in Congress would be quite so indifferent to the demise of the defined-benefit plan if they didn't have such a robust plan themselves.

For the president to promote his agenda, he has to use Congress to move forward and change the subject. But it is difficult to get out of the hole that you dug when in fact your allies are also running for the hills.

For most governors, we find the United States Senate or the United States Congress very frustrating at the slow pace in which they act. There doesn't seem to be a lot of discipline and organization to what they do.

If it hadn't been for Congress looking at this issue, seriously concerned about it, there would not have been an impetus for them to come together as they have now,

If it turns out it is true -- that they were shredding documents while knowing inquiries were under way by Congress and the Department of Justice -- somebody's probably going to be in hot water.

If the stories in the media over the past week are accurate, the president has exercised authority that I do not believe is granted to him in the Constitution, and that I know is not granted to him in the law that I helped negotiate with his counsel and that Congress approved in the days after September 11.

If the dignity and rights of those who appear before Congress are not respected, they are justified not to appear there.

If the congressman had been here, he'd see a very smooth, unified operation. When you can have this response to this type of incident, it certainly shows the state is ready for any large-scale incident. The planning has been extensive. We're ready, and we learn from incidents like this to be even better.

If the Congress has any sense now, it will put an end to this and move on with the business that the American people care about,

If the Congress does badly it will start looking weaker within the coalition.

If the Congress decides that the priority for this engine is higher than the DoD has proposed, then I'm sure the Congress will be able to soundly and thoughtfully restore the program in a way that will be the least damaging to everything else.

If the House Republicans want to repeal the Affordable Care Act, they should make their case to the American people and elect a president and a majority in both Houses of Congress prepared to do that.

If the government wants to put an end to these types of transactions, the proper response is for Congress to change the law, not to scare professionals away with indictments. It is a misuse of prosecutorial discretion to use criminal prosecutions to change accepted and legitimate standards of conduct.

If the administration doesn't do that, people will look to Congress to do something.

If the administration asks for $5 and Congress appropriates $4, that's what they get. If the government creates a subterfuge by going outside the government to raise money through a private entity, that's a violation of the law.

I always said I would vote for a resolution that gave the president the leverage to go to the United Nations, and then come back to the Congress for the authority to go to force.

He will, as he said he would, consult widely with our Congress, with our friends and allies around the world.

He hasn't got much of what he wanted. But on the other hand, Congress hasn't done much of anything this year.

He has not given up on that position. He will continue to push that position. Congress sometimes moves more slowly, and we'll look at that realistically.

He has been careful to address all possible concerns about his leadership in Congress, in financial markets and among his Fed colleagues.

He has left us a legacy of debt, corruption and neglect, and he can't run from it. I think it's something he has helped usher into our Congress that people would like to see changed.

He has breakfast with members of Congress all the time. Senator Lieberman just returned from Iraq and he had some interesting observations. And he's been very outspoken about what he's seen and the progress that he thinks is being made there.

He is entitled to speak as a member of the Congress Working Committee. It doesn't mean he is speaking on behalf of the Congress party in that sense.

He does not have a reservoir of good will, either in Congress or in the country. People in Congress are looking for ways to disagree with him. Democrats don't seem intimidated by him. And the public doesn't see him as honest, forthright or as much as a leader as they did a year ago. He's considerably weaker.

Having Congress or having other people call for him to be fired or call for him to resign would not be productive. That's something really only the president should decide.

He looks at this as a historic opportunity - handed to Congress by God - to actually reduce the size of government. Anything is open (for cuts).

There is a fine line between a political contribution and a bribe, but that fine line is the difference between returning to Congress and going to jail.

There is a fine balance to be struck between security and open markets and the U.S. Congress could be about to tip that balance in the wrong direction. National security won't really be enhanced but America's economic security will be damaged as foreign investors are put off and outside expertise lost.

There is no evidence Congress ... intended to displace the states as the primary regulators of the medical profession.

There is huge pressure from industry to get Congress to preempt state data breach notice laws. It's quite a mess now.

There is huge irony here. Six Democrats in Congress were eliminated, but the seventh victim may turnout to be the author of the plan.

There is every reason to believe that India and the United States will work side by side in the years to come. However, the nuclear cooperation proposal should not be the linchpin of U.S.-Indian relations, and if Congress acts in ways to address the deal's proliferation risks, bilateral relations will still prosper and the nuclear nonproliferation system will not unravel.

The purpose of the increase is to maintain buying power. The amount of the increase is set by the U.S. Congress and it's based on Department of Labor statistics, in particular, the consumer price index.

The people voted for choice in the poll, and we're asking cable companies and Congress to listen to the people.

We're prepared for that debate. We will advise the Congress that it is our very clear judgment that this is a good deal for the United States as well as for India.

We're obviously very disappointed. We're hoping that Congress will see the importance of leaving the food aid budget as it is -- that 25 percent needs to stay in the U.S..

We're novices. We have friends now who are part of the freshman class who in some cases have run for Congress two and three times before they won their seat.

What we are trying to do is demonstrate to the Fed that there is a strong interest in Congress to keep interest rates the way they are, ... There is no sign of inflation, no reason to raise rates.

What I see is a stable of salivating legal factories gearing up. Is it prudent or responsible for Congress to wait for the inevitable flood or do what it can to provide sandbags now?

To get fast-track through Congress, Speaker Gingrich and President Clinton are wheeling and dealing like we've never seen before,

Today, Congress gathers near that battlefield to honor the character shown and the courage shown in New York these last 360 days, and to remember every innocent life taken in the attacks of September 11th,

What we would like to do, ... is go through Congress or the Government Accountability Office and make them set forth some kinds of benchmarks so this isn't open to the Army just writing a perfunctory letter saying we meet all the conditions.

What we want to achieve is to send a very strong message to the Senate, to the Congress in general and this administration that immigrants are fed up, that we are tired, that we work very hard.

What we have is a chance for Congress and president to take a really long hard look at 40 years of social welfare failure in that region and try to reverse that. You don't want to reconstitute the New Orleans school system the way it was. You don't want to reconstitute public housing projects the way they were. You want to change it.

He obviously has to go through Congress to get things done. But he can't be seen as tied to its failings. He has to use the bully pulpit effectively and confront Congress effectively.

Here's an open seat that came up surprisingly at short notice, and anyone who ever thought about running for Congress sometime would say this is my time to take a shot at it.

Her eldest is a member of the United States Congress, who has the privilege of standing before you and addressing this convention,

Hate crimes send a message of fear, and Congress answered with a powerful law enforcement tool, ... Members of the House, Democrats and Republicans alike, historically signaled today that local law enforcement officials deserve the tools this bill would provide toward fighting the scourge of hate crimes.

Having worked with Sen. Talent in the United States Congress, I can say he is a proven, effective leader who tackles the difficult problems we face with vision and intelligence,

Having been in Congress, you know that's part of our responsibility: the constituent has a problem, ... We're supposed to write back and say, 'Well I can't do anything?' That's not what they elect you for.

Hard as it is to imagine, there's a move afoot in Congress to take away the public's free online access to tax-funded medical research findings. That would be bad for medical discovery, bad for patients looking for the latest research results, and another rip-off of the American taxpayer.

He's able to talk to anybody, whether it's a grass roots advocate, a member of Congress or of the (Bush) administration, ... And he not only talks but he acts.

Historians will look back on this day and say this was a turning point, ... This is a significant step toward the Congress exercising its constitutional responsibilities over matters of war.

His strong suit was not Congress but rather his attention to farmers and women and families.

He's going to work hard with the Congress to make sure that we get that important law renewed.

He's done a great job for us. We're fortunate to have someone who's a leader in Congress and has direct access to the president.

There is an emergency provision within FISA, and one could ask for more authority. If they had good reason Congress would have given it to them.

There is an alternative that is being worked on that is not ready for discussion now, and members on the committee and others in the Congress are carrying on conversations to report to myself and (House Minority) Leader (Dick) Gephardt tomorrow afternoon. We will try to craft an alternative that is both fair and prompt,

We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex -- but Congress can.

We may have to ask Congress to pass a joint resolution to suspend the VAT on oil so that our local pump prices would not be affected so much by the surge in world oil prices.

We look forward to the US Congress passing the legislation to enable full civil nuclear energy cooperation between the two countries early next year,

I always believe that a budget speaks of the collective values of the nation. So I can't understand why the president submits a budget to the Congress that ultimately does tremendous damage to education. From Head Start to special education, from vocational programs to college aid, this budget slashes the investments that are needed to help children prepare to compete in this global economy.

He wanted to move because they were staying at the Congress Inn.

He knows how Congress works. He knows all the details, ... He is a master at getting things done.

He knows what happened here, ... He's been here. But he's just the middle man. Congress has the say-so.

Greenspan usually refrains from saying anything market moving ahead of speeches before Congress,

Greenspan's testimony to Congress is always an event and probably more so this time than usual. We are looking at the Fed with a bias to tightening and we have to get some warning of whether he is going to act on that or not. So what I am looking for is a clear signal.

The only thing I think can happen is that (Congress enacts) a very large, across-the-board cut, ... and nobody is talking about that. Every major program has an 800-pound gorilla protecting it.

I would say the president has the power to help us get to the bottom of this matter. And we in Congress want to do this not so much for what has happened but to prevent such a thing from happening again.

I suspect they'll do it incrementally because there is a question of whether that is enough. But however they do it, Congress is going to provide enough to pay off whatever claims come under the program. Those are contracts.

I think it's a great opportunity for this part of the state and specifically for our area. Congressman Blunt has always paid a lot of attention to us in this corner of the district and I think it's fantastic we have the No. 2 man in Congress representing us.

I take full responsibility for this oversight. While the rules are complicated, as a member of Congress, it is my responsibility to know and obey them.

I think it's going to be very difficult for the people in Congress to listen to these children tell them what it's like to live with a chronic disease like diabetes and not remember it,