#congress

I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young people by lowering the voting age, where you had young people that were old enough to die in Vietnam but not old enough to vote for their members of Congress that sent them there. ↗

— Birch Bayh

#age #being #congress #die #enough

Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984. ↗

— Ed Gillespie

#congress #gillespie #joe #running #well

Challenges of historic import threaten America's future. Action on the deficit, economy, energy, health care and much more is imperative, yet our legislative institutions fail to act. Congress must be reformed. ↗

— Evan Bayh

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If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created in the last six months. ↗

— Evan Bayh

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Of course, the genesis of a good portion of the gridlock in Congress does not reside in Congress itself. Ultimate reform will require each of us, as voters and Americans, to take a long look in the mirror, because in many ways, our representatives in Washington reflect the people who have sent them there. ↗

— Evan Bayh

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What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest. ↗

— Evan Bayh

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But in this Congress, accountability is just a catch phrase, usually directed elsewhere. Demands to personal responsibility or corporate accountability abound, but rarely congressional accountability or fiscal responsibility. ↗

— Melissa Bean

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The American people expect more from Congress. They expect fiscal responsibility and common sense. They expect us to return to the pay-as-you-go budget rules that we had enacted in the past that helped us establish a surplus, however briefly. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#american people #briefly #budget #common #common sense

As a regent, I hope to bring that important perspective of a typical family visitor in combination with my background as a Member of Congress and a proponent of the Smithsonian's efforts to reach all Americans. ↗

— Xavier Becerra

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I want to step up our voter-registration activities. Not every branch does it, and not all the time. I want them to go back and get out the vote because I want us to have a big impact on the Congressional elections this year. ↗

— Julian Bond

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