There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S.
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The president has undermined trust. No longer will the members of Congress be entitled to accept his veracity. Caveat emptor has become the word. Every member of Congress is on his or her own to determine the truth.
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For Members of Congress, we are saying here on the Democratic side of the aisle we are not going to vote for another pay increase for Members of Congress until the American people get an increase.
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As parties began to develop around the turn of the 19th century, you had party nominees for President nominated in caucuses made up of party members in Congress.
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I'm more concerned about members of Congress being drug-free than I am about members of the Yankees or Giants.
We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us.
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The principle of liberty and equality, if coupled with mere selfishness, will make men only devils, each trying to be independent that he may fight only for his own interest. And here is the need of religion and its power, to bring in the principle of benevolence and love to men.
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I submit to you, Mr. President of Congress, my formal resignation as president of the republic.
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Over the past year, several cases of human rights abuses, specifically sexual exploitation and abuse, by individuals involved in U.N. peacekeeping operations have raised the suspicions of many Members of Congress and members of the International Relations Committee.
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A Bush Administration will, I believe, enjoy a better relationship with the new Congress, although President-elect Bush will be faced with real challenges in getting along with the Congress.
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'Favoritism' is always a factor, and pressure always build for the appointment of friends of influential supporters of the President, or for the nominees of powerful Member of Congress from the incoming President's party.
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The truth is the Republican leadership has created a credit card Congress that is recklessly selling out the future of America, our children and our grandchildren, and President Bush is the most fiscally irresponsible President in the history of America.
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Members of Congress must live according to the same laws as everyone else.
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The problem... is that most members of Congress don't pay attention to what's going on.
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I put myself and all the members of Congress in the same boat of things that could have been done better.
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We have some Jewish members of Congress, not a lot but there's a bunch of us.
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But Hale's warning the President about going to Dallas was that there was great infighting among the members of the Democratic party and the Democratic stars in the state and he didn't want the President to become involved in a factional disagreement.
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What five members of the Supreme Court say the law is may be something vastly different from what Congress intended the law to be.
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Not a single time have we gotten a right from Congress or from the President. We get them from God.
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We are telling veterans they must sacrifice to pay for the pet projects and contracts to campaign donors of powerful members of Congress.
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I believe certain members of the U.S. Congress have aided in the oppression and diversion of critical information that could have revealed a fullness of truth long ago.