Quotes About Legislation

The Constitution of the United States... specifically states the Congress shall write legislation for immigration policy in the United States.

Every legislative meeting on how to pass health care, the communications director or someone from the communications team would be a part of because we did a lot of press interviews when we were trying to pass the Affordable Care Act specifically designed to help pass the bill.

Our equality bill is specifically designed to protect religion and belief on exactly the same terms as race or gender or sexuality.

I just want to work with legislative council members from across the political spectrum to get things done.

Very few issues have the support of 90 percent of Louisiana, but the support for legislation granting equal pay for equal work crosses the political spectrum.

I'm not going to speculate about legislation that I haven't seen before.

The definition of hate speech in some countries is problematic.

Today it is becoming harder to speak out, with the inception of the Patriot Act, the president has legislated free speech to be a crime.

Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.

My job in the Senate is not just to give speeches and do interviews, it's to solve problems.

Having served as a member of parliament for more than two decades, I'm well aware that there can be genuine constraints that affect the speed at which certain issues progress.

There are lots of things one can criticise about the European parliament, but it does work pretty well in terms of the speed with which you can vote, the fact that there's room to sit, the fact that there are offices when you arrive.

Anytime a large, emergency spending bill makes its way through Congress, the potential for mischief is great.

I came to Congress to help reduce spending.

What I want to do is to make sure that we fully repeal Obamacare. This will be one of the largest spending initiatives we will ever see in our country. And also, it will take away choice from the American people.

The President sends us a billion-page paper that shows how he would spend the money if he were spending the money. He doesn't have the authority to spend the money. He doesn't spend $1 of the money.

The Appropriations Committee in the Senate is out of control, out of control on spending.

Raising the debt limit on some levels is a ministerial act. It doesn't involve any new spending.

I think you're going to see a number of Democrats that do want to see us grapple with spending.

Sequestration was not designed to be anyone's ideal method for getting our hands around government spending, and it certainly isn't mine.

If we're going to make sure that we get our legislation right... we need to actually be spending time with Hoosiers.

The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in the personal sphere.

The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.

Having served as the majority spokesman for the House Ways and Means Committee after Republicans took the House in 1994, I've seen the promise and the peril of divided government before.