Quotes About Congress

We expected reporters' questions to be more pointed and more technical than those usually asked by members of Congress.

I doubted that my words would have the weight of Greenspan's, and in any case it seemed to me that Congress is ruled first and foremost by interests and ideology, not by the advice of experts or supposed experts, including the chairman of the Fed.

Many in Congress wanted to cap pay at financial institutions that benefited from taxpayer dollars.

because I knew that there was plenty of blame to go around, including at the Fed and other regulatory agencies and in Congress.

We worried that one or both candidates would try to use the crisis for political advantage, complicating any potential deal in the Congress.

I also pressed the issue at congressional hearings.

concerned about the politics and whether Congress would go along, the Bush administration had not yet made the request.

I exaggerate only slightly when I tell audiences that, if they are impressed with Congress's management of the federal budget, they should support audit-the-Fed legislation to give Congress the responsibility for making monetary policy as well.

Hank was initially noncommittal. He knew that he and his team would have to lead the effort to develop a legislative proposal and sell it to Congress.

offering advice to the administration and Congress when we thought we could be helpful.

Going to Congress with a proposal only to have it turned down would devastate market confidence.

since Hank would be the one persuading Congress to act, his views deserved some deference.

Congress would not take up reforms of this magnitude in a presidential election year.

But before Congress had an opportunity to give serious consideration to these issues, Lehman had failed,

Jorgenson was invited to testify to Congress on the subject and he took me along.

I saw the GSEs as the responsibility of Congress

Article II Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.

Article V For the most convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislatures of each State shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year, with a powerreserved to each State to recall its delegates, or any of them, at any time within the year, and to send others in their stead for the remainder of the year.

Liberals in Congress have spent the past three decades pandering to environmental extremists. The policies they have put in place are in large part responsible for the energy crunch we are seeing today. We have not built a refinery in this country for 30 years.

The budgets we work on in Congress are more than just fiscal documents; they are a reflection of our moral values as well. In choosing where to spend money, members of Congress choose what priorities they value.

Most of us complain about Congress. We say it's a place that doesn't reflect us; they don't listen to us. Actually, Congress well reflects the American people. It gives us exactly what we ask for.

There's a lot of work you have to do before you ever fire the starting gun on a health reform bill - doing the scut work with members of Congress, talking to your allies - to figure out the best plan.

It is in our national interest for Congress to act on immigration reform in a comprehensive manner.

I came to the conclusion months ago, and I said it to members of Congress, that the only way people are going to fully appreciate what this reform is if we pass it and implement it and it becomes not a caricature but a reality, and I still believe that. So I think it will be easier to sell it moving forward than it was to this point.