Quotes About Legislation

I've led a life working at every level of government, from Congress to local government.

I bemoaned the pending loss of Obamacare/the Affordable Care Act.

As human beings in Maine, we, without question, value our families above anything and everything else and it is time for us to put actual policies into place that allow individuals to show and act in that way.

What does it mean to have a Republican majority in the House? A lot of people think 'So what?' They should think again.

There is no legislative change that can be made to make up for an economy that's not growing and not expanding.

That just doesn't make sense, that government should be making money off students.

Leave it to you to find a legal way to do something illegal

Congress and state legislatures should not tell teachers how to teach, any more than they should tell surgeons how to perform operations.

The bad guys—the Democrats—put up a great fight but the Republicans won in the end. It was Republicans who made possible the Civil Rights laws that finally and belatedly secured equal rights for blacks and other minorities. Democrats are the ones who bitterly resisted the Civil Rights Movement, and had the Democrats been the only party in America at the time, none of these laws, from the Civil Rights Act to the Voting Rights Act to the Fair Housing Bill, would have passed.

The only problem is that Republicans were instrumental—actually indispensable—in getting the Civil Rights laws passed. While Lyndon Johnson pushed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the backing of some northern Democrats, Republicans voted in far higher percentages for the bill than Democrats did. This was also true of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Neither would have passed with just Democratic votes. Indeed, the main opposition to both bills came from Democrats.

Republicans proposed women's suffrage as early as 1878, but it was voted down by a Democrat-controlled Congress. Republicans

Hillary served as a U.S. senator from New York but did not propose a single important piece of legislation; her record is literally a blank slate. Liberal blogger Markos Moulitsas admits that she "doesn't have a single memorable policy or legislative accomplishment to her name."2 Despite traveling millions of miles as secretary of state, Hillary negotiated no treaties, secured no agreements, prevented no conflicts—in short, she accomplished nothing.

If you have laws that you don't enforce, then you don't have laws. This leads to lawlessness.

Our Journey Together' features unforgettable moments from our time in Washington: building the Southern Border Wall; cutting America's taxes; confirming almost 300 federal judges and 3 Supreme Court justices; rebuilding our military; creating Space Force; dealing with Kim Jong-Un, President Xi, President Putin, and many other world leaders; and battling liberals on two Impeachment Witch Hunts, just to name a few.

Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated.

medical study warned that because the vape liquid contained lipoid components and toxins, when heated they caused an acute chemical inhalation injury to the lungs, or as a federal lawmaker whose daughter had died at a college party after vaping with friends stated, "It poisons and kills our kids from the inside out. This is murder.

I also call on Congress to act swiftly to pass the bipartisan Domestic Security Act so that we can all live safely and without fear.

Delaware is the only state east of the Rockies that is allowed under federal law to offer sports betting.

Growing up in the time of Title IX - it was passed when I was 10 - I got a front-row seat to so many great moments in women's sports. Of course I didn't know it at the time.

That's just one of the reasons why it's so important to encourage people from a range of backgrounds and circumstances to join the ranks of our government officials. If we don't have diverse representation, simple needs will be overlooked, and our legislation will never be as far reaching as it needs to be.

Nobody had the power to bury a gun violence prevention bill, take a nap on immigration, or sweep major legislation under the rug and not vote on it.

When CEOs become vampires, Congress outlaws stakes.

Curso de Direito Constitucional

Those who would legislate against the teaching of evolution should also legislate against gravity, electricity and the unreasonable velocity of light, and also should introduce a clause to prevent the use of the telescope, the microscope and the spectroscope or any other instrument of precision which may in the future be invented, constructed or used for the discovery of truth.