Thom Tillis Quotes

What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.

I have found a reality in life, and that reality is the United States Congress.

When I embarked in the government, it was with a determination to intermeddle not at all with the legislature.

Congress is a collection of committees that come together in a Chamber periodically to approve one another's actions.

About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.

I wish I could set deadlines for the Congress, but that's just not the way the Constitution is written.

…the Senate, a small body of egos…

You run Washington DC though the House. The Senate gets in the way. The President gets in the way.

The House [of Representatives] has become not so much a legislative assembly as a huge panel from which committees are selected.

Congress has a lot of powers which people, especially those in the executive branch, don't like to talk about.

Bureaucrats understand who their real masters are. Their real masters are not their nominal department heads. The real powers are the chairmen on Capitol Hill.

From time to time we must remind ourselves that the President has a role in the legislative process.

I love serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, and I have especially enjoyed my time on the Ways and Means Committee.

If becoming a member of Congress is like going to college, then crafting legislation is our homework.

The floor of the U.S. Senate isn't a place that usually sees a lot of drama.

Congress should get the job done.

Since joining the U.S. House of Representatives in November of 2006, I have strongly supported Speaker Nancy Pelosi. I have the utmost respect for her, and I believe the Democrats were able to accomplish a great deal under her leadership.

I have been very happy in the House of Representatives.

So, you know, I think that Democrats are being more successful in Congress and I'm really going to be proud of the role I will play tomorrow as ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee when this bill passes.

I happened to have the privilege of serving in Congress. It will be 16 years at the end of this term. And I think I made a difference here on important issues.

Now I have known Sen. Bill Frist, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, since he was born.

I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.

As a member of Congress, I believe Congress must provide oversight of actions by the Executive Branch as our system of checks and balances requires.

I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.

I am a junior senator, ninety-fifth on the seniority list, and so by Senate standards, my office in the Russell Senate Office Building is less than splendid.