Quotes About Congress

As the 109th Congress continues to debate legislation that will affect the lives of immigrants, it is important for us to remember that we are a nation of immigrants.

As Congress continues to debate ways to address illegal immigration, we must remember the many hard-working legal immigrants that contribute so much to our nation's economy and culture.

Our immigration system is not broken. We don't need, and Congress shouldn't enact, amnesty.

Only Congress has the authority to adequately and holistically address our broken immigration system.

Every two years for Congress, four years for President, illegal immigration comes out as a political issue.

Dealing with immigration should originate in Congress. The president should not act unilaterally.

Congress makes immigration law. It's that simple. That is how our system works.

A big goal of the liberal Democrats in Congress is to try to do away with any effective cooperation to enforce federal immigration laws.

I've never met a Democrat in Congress who wants open borders or who doesn't believe in enforcing immigration laws.

Congress is the appropriate place to make laws about our country's immigration policy; it is not something that the president gets to decide on his own.

I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal.

I definitely think it's important for a CEO of any large corporation to understand how policy impacts their business and be aware of the decisions being made in Congress.

To be clear, impeachment is above all else a political act.

A President can obstruct justice and Congress has the full right to hold a President accountable for such law-breaking through impeachment. After a President leaves office, I believe they may be held accountable through the courts as well.

I'm never gonna change the skin, right? I'm very proud of what it implies and what it has meant to me... but then again, in Congress, I hope to make my mark as a colleague and as a leader.

When it comes to helping make the country strong, we in Congress have an important role to play.

It is past time for Congress to get serious about our spending crisis and impose fiscal restraint.

We've briefed hundreds of members of Congress to raise our concerns about China and its increased efforts to impact the U.S. policy climate in its favor.

I think the Fight for 15 is a great fight. I think, unfortunately, depending how the Congress works out, we may have to get there in increments.

It's incumbent upon all members of Congress to support legislation that keeps us safe at home and abroad.

Congress was long faulted for casuistry on this matter, but in 1932, when Sir Henry Clinton's secret service papers were declassified, it was revealed that the British had indeed planned to send the surrendered troops back into active American service, as had been feared.

Congress designated December 18 "for solemn thanksgiving and praise," and on that day all across America bonfires blazed, bells pealed, and in the streets and on village greens the people sang patriotic songs.

The federal minimum wage had not been raised since 2009. Even worse, the $2.13 an hour tipped minimum wage for waiters, waitresses, bartenders, barbers, and hairstylists had not been raised since 1991—my first year in Congress.

Because Congress banned the Klan back in '71, the supremacists now call themselves rifle groups," she explained with disgust. "This one is known as the New Knights of the White Camelia.