Quotes About Legislation

I am going to work with Tom Daschle. And I'll work with the Republican leaders and the president to try and come up with something that we can all be proud of.

And I want to work with this Congress, to make sure Americans already burdened with student loans can reduce their monthly payments, so that student debt doesn't derail anyone's dreams.

[During] the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter [Fair Pay Act], equal pay for equal work, the women led that fight.

Legislators have a formal set of responsibilities to work together, but there's no hierarchy.

Never be easy for any president to deal with any Congress. But republicans got to work together. We got to get things done.

We will ensure that E-Verify is used to the fullest extent possible under existing law, and will work with Congress to strengthen and expand its use across the country.

Obamacare will never work. It's very bad, very bad health insurance. Far too expensive. And not only expensive for the person that has it, unbelievably expensive for our country.

Obamacare is a disaster. You have to remember, Obamacare doesn't work. So we are putting in a wonderful plan. It statutorily takes a while to get. We're gonna be putting it in fairly soon.

Let's say loudly and clearly, Right to Work is wrong for workers and wrong for America.

I wanted to work on policy because I think it really makes a difference.

You don't need lawyers making laws. Regular citizens can make laws. Let the lawyers work under the laws.

The Recovery Act is working, but it's going to continue to work. It's not over. A lot's going to happen this summer. And even after the summer, there's more to come with the act.

What will be the final straw that finally forces Congress to at least open up formal debate - let alone introduce a bill, pass it, and have it signed into law - that curbs the scourge of gun deaths across the country?

I care very much about women and their progress. I didn't go march in the streets, but when I was in the Arizona Legislature, one of the things that I did was to examine every single statute in the state of Arizona to pick out the ones that discriminated against women and get them changed.

Devices that allow people to shoot up to 100 rounds of ammunition at one time have no place in our schools, no place in our parks, no place on our streets, no place in our communities, and no place in this country.

I think it's important that we put forward legislation that's going to create jobs and strengthen the Georgia economy, which is why I've fought for rural broadband, both accessibility and affordability.

And this week, I am proposing legislation to strengthen our Open Records laws to make public access to our public records surer, faster, and more comprehensive.

It is vitally important that we implement immigration reform. We need a bill that strengthens our borders and protects this nation, but that also makes it simpler for good people to become Americans.

I am dedicated to making sure Social Security will be there for future generations and have written legislation to strengthen the program.

We must strictly enforce the Environmental Law, closing down the polluters that fail to meet the standards.

I believe we can, and must, strike a balance between our shared American values of religious liberty and freedom from discrimination. My concerns lie with the possible consequences of politically-driven legislation which claims to promote religious liberty but instead rolls back the legal protections held by LGBT Americans.

I believe the Patriot Act strikes the right balance needed to protect our freedom and security.

We know the Constitution gives the purse strings to the House.

Presidents are evaluated not by what they did by the stroke of their own pen; it's what they persuade Congress to do.