Quotes About Legislation

Congress has scarcely any thing to employ them, and complain that the place [Washington, D.C.] is remarkably dull.

Our present condition, is, Legislation without law; wisdom without a plan; constitution without a name; and, what is strangely astonishing, perfect Independance contending for dependance.

Immortal power is not a human right, and therefore cannot be a right of Parliament.

it is repugnant to the principles of representative government that a body should give power to itself.

The House of Commons did not originate as a matter of right in the people to delegate or elect, but as a grant or boon.

One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.

I can buy a shotgun any time of day without the slightest background check, but if I need something for my sniffles, it's six forms of ID and complete school transcripts. The government has essentially created a system where if I want to clear a head cold, the easiest cure is to blow my brains out.

Common sense should tell us that there is no reason for civilians to have access to easily concealable handguns with the capability to shoot through body armor.

There's no reason that there shouldn't be universal background checks to ensure guns don't get in the hands of people who should not have those guns.

I don't want to go to Washington to be a co-sponsor of some bland little bill nobody cares about. I don't want to go to Washington to get my name on something that makes small change at the margin.

As first lady, Hillary Clinton spent the early months of her husband's administration drafting healthcare-reform legislation, only to see it put on the back burner by the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The Affordable Care Act is not perfect, and I would vote to build on its success while fixing what doesn't work.

Legislative novelty is not necessarily fatal; there is a first time for everything.

If you control one house of Congress, you cannot abolish something like Obamacare, no matter how much pressure you apply.

Obamacare is not working for Mississippians, who have had fewer choices and higher costs since that bill was passed.

Remember, before they called it Obamacare, they called it Hillarycare.

We need to make every effort to ensure Obamacare is never implemented.

Florida is not going to implement Obamacare. We are not going to expand Medicaid, and we're not going to implement exchanges.

Every aspect of Obamacare is an affront to the very founding of this country.

With its Medicaid expansion, Obamacare may turn out to be the most equality-promoting policy enacted in a generation.

At the end of the day, Obamacare is bad for America. Washington, D.C., exempted themselves. U.S. senators still do not have to be on Obamacare.

Obamacare is bureaucrats getting between you and your doctor, and that's what Americans most dislike about this legislation.

What ObamaCare did was take some of the things we did for the poor and expanded the government to basically the whole marketplace.

I think Obamacare is one of the greatest moves that will be beneficial for everyone in this country.