Mo Brooks Quotes

There are times where the dysfunction in the Senate just goes too far.

Congress has been reformed so much that it can't get anything done.

I do not sympathize with the sentiment that Congress in session is dangerous to our general business interests.

Congress is more broken than ever. Congressman Will Hurd has quickly become part of the problem.

There's a lot of good, bipartisan legislation that passes in committee and then gets bottled up. As a businessman, it surprised me.

Some of my colleagues seem more interested in using every procedural method possible to keep the Senate from doing anything than they are in creating jobs or helping Americans struggling in a difficult economy.

And I'm here to tell you, the reaction that I'm getting around the country, people are sick and tired of this word in Washington, compromise. This is why nothing ever gets done.

To be honest, I haven't seen much serious budget planning since the Republicans took control of the House after the 2010 elections and grabbed onto the Senate filibuster. It's not the White House's fault that John Boehner couldn't deliver on a bigger deal.

I'm tired of divided government. It doesn't work very well.

Washington is broken.

Our Congress should stay in session all summer - camp out in D.C., and turn off the AC. Put on their stuffiest powdered wigs and sweat it out, until they give in and put their John Hancocks (and their Nancy Pelosis and their John Boehners) on at least one meaningful law that no one wants to repeal.

Senate Republicans have engaged in a record number of filibusters and other obstructionist tactics.

Washington has, with some justification, gained a reputation for being hopelessly mired in partisan gridlock.

Many times, the Senate talks of things and never gets anything through.

It's counterintuitive, but the most divisive arrangement is when the same party controls both Congress and the presidency, a situation encountered in eight of the past 10 years. With government unified under a single party, the minority has the least possible incentive to cooperate with the majority.

President Barack Obama has it right - there is a lot to change about Washington. The problem is, not much will get changed unless we confront the runaway filibuster in the U.S. Senate.

Right now, there are nearly 30 jobs bills passed by the House with support from both Republicans and Democrats that are awaiting action in the Democratic-run Senate.

I think that what is truly unfortunate is when an entire party makes a decision that they're going to block every single thing that a president wants to accomplish. It's very - it's very hard to get anything done in those circumstances.

The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; it's broken. One of our three branches of government is broken.

There are amendments never offered, there are bills never heard, that are basically killed because of the process.

We have moved toward a kind of scorpions-in-a-bottle Government where you have two branches [executive and legislative] that don't understand many of the legitimate needs of the other branch.

We'll pass it. The Senate won't do it, and we'll be left holding the bag.

We have a level of obstruction and an abuse of the Senate rules that we have never had before… We have a dysfunctional Senate. Some say it’s a broken Senate.

The attitude of the Senate toward public affairs makes all serious negotiations impossible.

Dear God, in mercy and grace, prevent the Senate from being like Humpty Dumpty. Keep it from being so fractured and fragmented that no one will ever be able to put it together again.