#congress

Congress should stop treating veterans like they're asking for a hand out when it comes to the benefits they were promised, and they should realize that, were it not for these veterans, there would be nothing to hand out. ↗

— Nick Lampson

#benefits #comes #congress #hand #like

The local communities, through their leaders, were able to build a communications network that allowed my work here to reflect the needs and interests of the people within the 9th Congressional District. It's been an honor to do that and we did so successfully. ↗

— Nick Lampson

#allowed #been #build #communications #communities

The Congressman ascertained that the consulate in Havana had numbers to feed the pigs. ↗

— Erich Leinsdorf

#congressman #feed #had #havana #numbers

When I was introduced to Johnson he was a freshman Congressman. ↗

— Erich Leinsdorf

#freshman #i #introduced #johnson

I have seen the times when the grassroots has moved the Congress. We listen way more often to our constituents than the lobbyists. And the grassroots are going to have to do it. ↗

— John Linder

#constituents #going #grassroots #i #listen

The one thing that I have been struck with, after coming here to Congress is, how many people in Washington, D.C. talk about job loss like they are talking about the weather, or a natural disaster like an earthquake. ↗

— Stephen F. Lynch

#after #been #coming #congress #disaster

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout. ↗

— Melvin Maddocks

#boy #boy scout #congressional #finn #giving

Congress requires states to draw single-member districts. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#districts #draw #requires #states

The increase in straight-ticket party voting in recent years means that competitive congressional races can tip one way or the other depending on the showing of the candidates at the top of the ticket. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#competitive #congressional #depending #increase #means

Unfortunately a Constitutional amendment that would have empowered Congress to make desecration of the United States flag illegal failed to pass by one vote. ↗

— Kenny Marchant

#congress #constitutional #constitutional amendment #desecration #empowered