#congress

You begin to realize that hypocrisy is not a terrible thing when you see what overt fascism is compared to sort of covert, you know, communal politics which the Congress has never been shy of indulging in. ↗

— Arundhati Roy

#begin #communal #compared #congress #covert

Don't divide the world into "them" and "us." Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#avoid #congress #divide #facts #infatuation

Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#actually #announced #bureaucracy #congress #effort

Give a member of Congress a junket and a mimeograph machine and he thinks he is secretary of state. ↗

— Dean Rusk

#give #junket #machine #member #secretary

Yesterday I, along with a bipartisan Congressional Delegation of lawmakers, inspected the detention facilities at Guantanamo used to house individuals detained in the War on Terrorism. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#bipartisan #congressional #delegation #detained #detention

We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections. ↗

— Larry J. Sabato

#believe #congressional #elections #especially #live

Our runaway judiciary is badly in need of restraint by Congress. ↗

— Phyllis Schlafly

#congress #judiciary #need #our #restraint

Congress should pass legislation to remove from the federal courts their jurisdiction to hear these outrageous challenges to the Ten Commandments and the Pledge of Allegiance. ↗

— Phyllis Schlafly

#challenges #commandments #congress #courts #federal

Now that judges embrace forcibly starving someone to death, Congress should use its appropriation power to starve the judicial budget. ↗

— Phyllis Schlafly

#budget #congress #death #embrace #forcibly

As I have traveled throughout my Congressional district, the one thing I heard loud and clear was simply please stop spending money you do not have, rein in spending, live within a budget. ↗

— Tim Scott

#clear #congressional #congressional district #district #heard