Quotes About Legislation

When I first came into parliament, there was, on average, a by-election every three months - due not to MPs bailing out, but because of the death rate.

Let's get one thing straight: No one wants Stafford loan interest rates to increase.

Lord knows I'm all for lowering rates and simplifying the tax code.

It's encouraging to watch bipartisan leaders from different states recognize the need for fair and rational legislation focused on creating second chances for those in the criminal justice system.

We need to get some rationality on the Second Amendment. This is crazy what we allow ourselves.

'Obamacare,' as it's been called, is far too reaching. It's overreaching. It needs to have a lot of it repealed.

I'll be reaching across the aisle to find opportunities to work with Democrats on the issues that desperately need to be addressed.

If you ever had the misfortune of reading all 2,000 pages of Dodd-Frank, which I have done - and it almost killed me - basically, all it does is create a list of all the things it wants the Fed to fix.

I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances.

The real question is, when will we draft an artificial intelligence bill of rights? What will that consist of? And who will get to decide that?

In Washington, D.C., they don't do real work.

We will never stop illegal immigration until this country has a comprehensive, realistic immigration policy.

I think the law should be comprehensible not only to those who work with it but also to those who are governed by it.

Legislative language is governed by a law of etymology that is also the ancient code of the bureaucracy: It doesn't have to be right, it just has to be close enough for government work. If they understand what you mean, it doesn't matter what you say or how you say it.

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

One thing is clear: Our governments have too many laws.

When I was elected governor of my state, I had a legislature 87 percent Democrat. It was not lost on me that to get anything done, I couldn't be attacking them. I had to find ways to reach out to them.

There are times in Annapolis when a governor's support can move an issue over the goal line.

The Constitution grants only Congress - not the president - the power 'to borrow money on the credit of the United States.'

I work with a group called Compassion & Choices in California. It's attempting to get death with dignity legalised in California, the idea being that so goes California, so goes the rest of the U.S., at least.

As soon as something really bad happens, I guarantee you Congress will act. I absolutely guarantee you Congress will act. But the question is, should we wait for that?

Closing the gun show loophole would be a good thing to do.

Gun violence is a problem that this country should be addressing.

The Second Amendment is very important, but we have to have commonsense gun safety.