Congressional Representatives Quotes

When I came here I thought I worked for the President. But I didn’t realize that I also worked for 534 other people at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue who all think that they are presidents.

Representatives of Congress come to Washington representing their districts, but they don’t necessarily understand the complexities of the world.

Newspaper-men as a rule had no great respect for the lower House; Senators had less; and Cabinet officers had none at all.

I like Barack Obama as a person. He's articulate, he knows sports, his brother-in-law's a coach. He always has the athletes to the White House. But I don't know about some of his policies and some of these people in Congress.

According to a Public Policy Polling survey, most Americans find lice and colonoscopies more appealing than Capitol Hill.

[Referring to Congress:] ... those assholes on the Hill.

There have been 2000 Americans who have served in Congress. The people who serve in Congress are no better nor no worse than those in any other American institution.

The closest I've come to being on a reality TV show is C-SPAN's live coverage of the Senate floor.