In the United States, large corporations control some members of Congress. All this does is delay the corporation's funeral at our expense.
Congress has the responsibility to ensure that any international trade agreement entered into by the United States must serve the national interest, not merely the interests of those crafting the proposal in secret.
All too often in tough economic times, it is the environment that gets left on the cutting room floors of Congress as everyone scraps for limited federal dollars.
Historically, the minority party in Congress votes against raising the debt limit, forcing the majority party to whip its members into casting politically painful votes in favor.
Congress created a safe harbor for defamation in 1996 and for copyright in 1998. Both safe harbors were designed to ensure that the Internet would remain a participatory medium of speech.
When the EPA says that property owners, farmers, and livestock producers must stomach higher costs, longer delays, and bigger headaches, it's up to Congress to put up a roadblock.
I'm have one of the most, if not the most, moderate voting records in Congress in the Florida delegation.
Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress believed we could spend our way to prosperity, and I guess they still do.
This resolution is further proof that Congress stands firmly behind our troops and remains resolved to pursue those responsible for the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, until they are discovered, detained, and punished.
Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.
Congress never loses its capacity to disappoint you.
I'm disenchanted with Communism and most other things. I'm cynical but not a cynic. I'm cynical about TV, Congress, and commercial peanut butter.
It is time for Congress to save the Postal Service, not dismantle it.
Mexico attacked United States troops in 1846 because they had moved into disputed border territory; President James Polk used this as a convenient casus belli, but he was preparing a war message for Congress even before the attack.
We have to have a diversity of age represented in Congress, too.
Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan each suffered through his second four years. FDR was checkmated by Congress and the Supreme Court. Ike was dogged by Sputnik and reckless charges that the United States suffered from a Missile Gap. Reagan had to wend his way through Iran-Contra.
I never dread going back to Congress.
The Congress has tasked the Federal Reserve with achieving stable prices and maximum employment - the dual mandate.
After 20 years in Congress, I still believe that smaller government and lower taxes are the most effective economic policies.
I don't think most of Congress understands how economics works.