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“It would be hard to blame you for having trouble taking much of what is said in Washington seriously. You heard about the Medicare actuary who was forced to fudge the numbers and lie to Congress to keep his job. You heard the falsified numbers in Iraq on everything from the cost of the war to the number of trained Iraqi troops to a slam dunk case for weapons of mass destruction. You heard about the administration sponsored fake newscasts to mislead people all across America.”
Senator John Kerry
“There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress.”
Mark Twain
“Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have spent a minimum of one hour actually accomplishing a specific task while on line.”
Andy Grove
“How's the Vienna-congress going on? It doesn't go, it dances!”
Prince De Ligne
“As fighting in Iraq intensifies, President Bush delivered his supplemental war budget to Congress. The money will cover 30 days of fighting, then we'll be sent one war every other month until we cancel our subscription.”
Craig Kilborn
“Now that judges embrace forcibly starving someone to death, Congress should use its appropriation power to starve the judicial budget.”
Phyllis Schlafly
“After the review period, Congress can vote to disapprove of the deal, but [the bill] doesn't say whether there will be an up-or-down vote. Her point was that Congress should have the option to do that if they think it's necessary.”
Preston Hartman
“I have said, with respect to authorization bills, that I do not want the Congress or the country to commit fiscal suicide on the installment plan.”
Everett Dirksen
“cleanup drive in Washington, to break the grip of the permanent corporate government that makes good people in the Congress not fulfill their own potential.”
Ralph Nader
“Don't divide the world into "them" and "us." Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours.”
Donald Rumsfeld
