Congress Role Quotes

It is time for Congress to save the Postal Service, not dismantle it.

I think the Congress is elected by people, it represents the people, and works for their interest. The first question that they should ask themselves : what do wars give America, since Vietnam till now ? Nothing. No political gain, no economic gain, no good reputation.

We only have one president and one secretary of state, but our founding fathers very clearly insisted that Congress play a significant role in foreign policy.

There is a fundamental trade off between a sense of security and a standard of living…. The Congress is the only institution that we have that reflects the value tradeoffs of the American people.

Congress becomes the public voice of opposition.

… once you acknowledge the fact that Congress is after all made up of citizens elected to represent all of us, you must have some faith in their framing common sense laws.

Usually the president is kind of the initiator of the idea, then Congress makes it work.

In this constantly evolving world, Congress must be a good steward of policy to ensure our laws at least keep pace.

Congress has a moral obligation as caretaker of America's culture.

If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their own self-interest and express their future political status aspirations accordingly.

Congress passes statutes, and those statutes are very clear on the job EPA has to do.

Congress can't take the year off, election or no election.

We're simply trying to say that Congress has a constitutional role to approve any deal, to make sure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. Not today, not tomorrow, not ten years from now.

You can't go to Washington as a congressman and a senator and expect to make a difference all at once. You have to earn your way.

Our safety and security is more important than ever, and Congress needs to take an active role in enforcing international agreements that support global security.

I do not believe that Congress or the Administration should prohibit the medical community from pursuing a promising avenue of research that may improve the lives of millions of Americans.

When I came to Congress, I came to bring what I thought was a real-world business perspective to government because, in the business world, I spent over 20 years in the high-tech industry, but it certainly was not unique.

The BJP is trying to spread fire and violence across the country, and there is only one force that can stop it - the workers of the Congress and its leaders.

Congress should clarify that a sitting president is not subject to criminal indictment while in office.

I sincerely hope that the incoming Congress will be alive, as it should be, to the importance of our foreign trade and of encouraging it in every way feasible. The possibility of increasing this trade in the Orient, in the Philippines, and in South America is known to everyone who has given the matter attention.