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Congress Quotes

On Congress as an institution, not a party.

These congress quotes look at Congress as an institution — its investigative reach during wartime, and how public and press attention can outweigh what actually gets debated inside its halls. One line calls Congress the only body with the authority to fix a broken immigration system, treating it as institutional responsibility rather than partisan debate.

Seniors are concerned about Medicare and Social Security. I advocated in Congress a separate and distinct lockbox fund for Social Security.

Quotes by Virgil Goode

We can never imagine anyone else other than Rahul Gandhi in the post of the president of the Congress.

Quotes by Vijayashanti

It is high time the TRS leaders understood the deceptive psyche of the Congress party and its leadership.

Quotes by Vijayashanti

If Congress refuse to listen to and grant what women ask, there is but one course left then to pursue. What is there left for women to do but to become the mothers of the future government?

Quotes by Victoria Woodhull

There's a reason that students don't grade their own papers. There's a reason defendants don't sentence themselves. And there's the reason the State Department doesn't get to investigate itself, determine whether or not it made errors in Benghazi. That is...

Quotes by Trey Gowdy

The United States Constitution does not one time even mention marriage. It neither requires Congress or the states to adopt same-sex marriage laws nor does it forbid them from maintaining traditional marriage laws.

Quotes by Trent Franks

A big goal of the liberal Democrats in Congress is to try to do away with any effective cooperation to enforce federal immigration laws.

Quotes by Trent Franks

A majority of senators should be able to adopt rules at the beginning of each Congress.

Quotes by Tom Udall

I have served in the Congress during two wars and I have seen the impacts on our military, on their families and on our national deficit.

Quotes by Tom Udall

Our Founding Fathers created the Executive Branch to implement and enforce the laws written by Congress, and vested this power in the president.

Quotes by Tom Rice

There should not be a micro-managing of terminology with the Library of Congress.

Quotes by Tom Graves

Congress did the right thing with Ebola. They funded us to protect Americans and keep us safer.

Quotes by Tom Frieden

Clean air is a basic right. The responsibility to ensure that falls to Congress and the president.

Quotes by Tom Carper

Obamacare is the wildly complex Rube Goldberg contraption it is because getting the legislation through Congress required so many political tradeoffs and so many unavoidable deals with so many vested interests. But that's no excuse.

Quotes by Tina Brown

If you want to pray at a town hall meeting or a school board meeting or in the halls of Congress, that ought to be acceptable in the United States.

Quotes by Tim Walberg

I've been in Congress 14 years. I've been on the Appropriations Committee in which we are in charge of trying to move legislation.

Quotes by Tim Ryan

We need to be calling out the flaws and misguided decisions of the Democrats in Congress and the Obama administration.

Quotes by Tim Pawlenty

The pro-growth policies of Congress have helped created new jobs in the region and across the country.

Quotes by Tim Murphy

Historically, Congress hasn't paid much attention to the confines the Constitution establishes.

Quotes by Tim Griffin

The framers never intended an infinitely broad Commerce Clause that would let Congress dictate individuals' purchases.

Quotes by Tim Griffin

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this page about the Indian National Congress party or the U.S. Congress?
The real quotes collected here are about the U.S. Congress — the elected legislative body — rather than the Indian political party of the same name, based on quotes referencing "Republicans in Congress" and wartime "investigating bureaus of Congress." Worth knowing if you came here expecting one and found the other.
What do these quotes actually say about Congress?
They cover a range of views: one raises concern about Congress's wartime investigative powers being used to pry into private lives, another argues the press has more real influence than "what is preached in the pulpit or what is enacted in Congress," and two describe specific legislative positions — tax cuts framed as helping the economy, and a claim that only Congress can fix immigration policy. Reported here exactly as said, without endorsement either way.
Are these quotes for or against any political party?
They're presented as attributed statements, not the site's own opinion — the collection includes both a claim praising Republican tax policy and one arguing only Congress can fix immigration, without taking a side on either. Compare with Politics for broader reflections that aren't tied to Congress specifically.
What does "impertinent and indecent searching out of the private lives" mean in the first quote?
It's a complaint about congressional investigating committees overreaching into people's personal lives during wartime — a civil-liberties concern about legislative power being used beyond its proper scope, not a statement about any individual.
Is there a Hindi-language version of this topic?
Yes — Shayari covers Congress-related content in original Hindi verse, which (unlike this quotes page) leans toward the Indian political context rather than the U.S. legislature.

For related institutional and political browsing on this site, see Hindu quotes or Mumbai quotes, alongside the separate Shayari collection on the same topic in a different language and style.