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What practical conclusions may we now draw for our propaganda work among women? The task of this Party Congress must not be to issue detailed practical suggestions, but to draw up general directions for the proletarian women's movement.
Author:
Clara Zetkin
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Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for interrogation methods that go beyond polite conversation.
Author:
John Yoo
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I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch.
Author:
Bob Woodward
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If Congress refuse to listen to and grant what women ask, there is but one course left then to pursue. What is there left for women to do but to become the mothers of the future government?
Author:
Victoria Woodhull
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My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from Philadelphia.
Author:
John Wise
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Community-based policing has now come to mean everything. It's a slogan. It has come to mean so many different things that people who endorse it, such as the Congress of the United States, do not know what they are talking about.
Author:
James Wilson
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Congress would exclude slavery from any territory that in the future might be acquired from Mexico.
Author:
David Wilmot
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I have noticed, with much distress, the excessive wartime activity of the investigating bureaus of Congress and the administration, with their impertinent and indecent searching out of the private lives and the past political beliefs of individuals.
Author:
Wendell Willkie
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Being elected to Congress is regarded as being sent on a looting raid for one's friends.
Author:
George Will
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It is true that the poet does not directly address his neighbors; but he does address a great congress of persons who dwell at the back of his mind, a congress of all those who have taught him and whom he has admired; they constitute his ideal audience and his better self.
Author:
Richard Wilbur
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To this congress the poet speaks not of peculiar and personal things, but of what in himself is most common, most anonymous, most fundamental, most true of all men.
Author:
Richard Wilbur
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To put that into some perspective, when Bill Clinton and Al Gore had first taken the idea of the Kyoto Protocol up to the Congress, the United States Senate voted it down 95 to nothing.
Author:
Christine Whitman
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I am sorry to say that sometimes matters of very small importance waste a good deal of precious time, by the long and repeated speeches and chicanery of gentlemen who will not wholly throw off the lawyer even in Congress.
Author:
William Whipple
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I wonder much that a court of Law should be in doubt whether a Resolution of Congress can superceed the Law of a Sovereign State.
Author:
William Whipple
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I received orders from Congress to proceed to Charleston in South Carolina, for the purpose of Co'operating with General Lincoln in the defense of that Capitol.
Author:
Abraham Whipple
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The Pentagon today will not allow any of these people who work for the Pentagon, to talk to the media. They have gagged them from talking to members of Congress.
Author:
Curt Weldon
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I am announcing my resignation from Congress so my colleagues can get back to work, my neighbors can choose a new representative and most importantly that my wife and I can continue to heal from the damage I have caused.
Author:
Anthony Weiner
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That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city.
Author:
Maxine Waters
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The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.
Author:
George Washington
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The old Court you and I served so long will not be worthy of its traditions if Nixon can twist, turn and fashion If Nixon gets away with that, then Nixon makes the law as he goes along - not the Congress nor the courts.
Author:
Earl Warren
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Republicans in Congress boosted the economy by cutting taxes and ending programs that don't work.
Author:
Zach Wamp
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Today the people from my State of Tennessee would listen to this debate, or even talk about a reference to God on our money or in the Halls of Congress or in our Pledge and say, please, let common sense and logic win the day and prevail versus legal mumbo jumbo.
Author:
Zach Wamp
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I believe Congress has a duty to do so as well; not simply as a body of legislators, but more importantly as a community of friends, neighbors, parents and Americans.
Author:
Jim Walsh
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I don't think the only place to fight for freedom is in the halls of Congress.
Author:
Malcolm Wallop
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So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was being made, not in the White House, and certainly because of that, not in the Congress.
Author:
Malcolm Wallop
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I have the highest number of Social Security recipients of any Member of Congress, and it is always good to hear about how women in their districts are affected by any changes, by the need for changes in Social Security.
Author:
Ginny Waite
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Since President Bush took office in 2001, this Congress has supported an agenda of democracy, freedom and expansion of rights for all peoples throughout the world.
Author:
Ginny Waite
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No issue is more important to this Congress than securing our borders and protecting our homeland, and I guarantee it is very important to our constituents.
Author:
Ginny Waite
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While Kuwait is not a democracy, giving only half the population a voice in their government is not a policy this Congress should support and one that I am glad that Kuwait's leaders are changing.
Author:
Ginny Waite
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It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress.
Author:
Fay Vincent
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I believe that our office has clearly been the leader in building coalitions, in getting other universities across the contrary to interact more effectively with the government and particularly the Congress.
Author:
Charles Vest
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Our goal has been to more effectively promote the value of publicly-supported research at our universities, both to the Congress and to the general public.
Author:
Charles Vest
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The new Congress needs to move quickly to strengthen the Army and Marines - not to send more troops to Iraq - but to rebuild our capacity to meet national security threats globally.
Author:
Mark Udall
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It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress.
Author:
Mark Twain
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Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
Author:
Mark Twain
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Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.
Author:
Mark Twain
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There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress.
Author:
Mark Twain
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While Congress saw some need to loosen the standard in the initial days of a war, it wanted the president to comply with FISA in carrying out surveillance in the United States.
Author:
Jonathan Turley
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The instant the Government was organized, at the very first Congress, the Northern States evinced a general desire and purpose to use it for their own benefit, and to pervert its powers for sectional advantage, and they have steadily pursued that policy to this day.
Author:
Robert Toombs
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They all agree, they are all unanimous in Congress, in the States, on the rostrum, in the sanctuary - everywhere they declare that slavery shall not go into the Territories.
Author:
Robert Toombs
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The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.
Author:
Alexis Tocqueville
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As Members of Congress, we swear an oath to uphold the United States Constitution. It means something to be an American because we believe in our country, we believe in our people, and we believe in our constitution.
Author:
Todd Tiahrt
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Internal self-government under a local constitution was authorized by Congress and approved by the residents in 1952, but federal law is supreme in Puerto Rico and residents do not have voting representation in the Congress.
Author:
Dick Thornburgh
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The political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive the support needed for enactment into law during my tenure as Attorney General.
Author:
Dick Thornburgh
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The need for a permanent status resolution approved by Congress is made even more clear to me because of my experience as a former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Author:
Dick Thornburgh
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Apparently tired of waiting for clear direction from Congress, the people of Puerto Rico have used the tools provided by their own local constitution to schedule a vote for Dec. 13 on the status of the island.
Author:
Dick Thornburgh
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If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its non-federal affairs, as well as voting power in Congress.
Author:
Dick Thornburgh
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When it comes to helping make the country strong, we in Congress have an important role to play.
Author:
Mac Thornberry
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Unauthorized access to computer systems is already a serious crime in a few states and is currently being addressed in many more state legislatures as well as Congress.
Author:
Ken Thompson
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Medicare debates in Congress should result in better Medicare benefits for all our nation's seniors. We're not asking for special treatment for rural America, just a fair deal.
Author:
Bennie Thompson
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American boys should not be seen dying on the nightly news. Wars should be over in three days or less, or before Congress invokes the War Powers Resolution.
Author:
Evan Thomas
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The difference between the more traditional sports clubs and Congress is that Congress doesn't really compete against another team.
Author:
Cal Thomas
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I ran for Congress, just once.
Author:
Shirley Temple
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The timing was terrible, and having one disaster after another didn't help. I think the pictures on television of the way in which the disaster was handled also helped to turn off the public and Congress.
Author:
Billy Tauzin
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When I came to Congress, like our first panel, small business people, 64 percent of the people had health insurance. We'd buy it. Now, we're down to about 34 percent. That's why we have to do something on health care in this country because the cost is killing us.
Author:
Bart Stupak
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I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a congress.
Author:
Peter Stone
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Congress must also enact pro-growth policies that encourage the economy to expand: like making tax relief permanent and repealing the death tax.
Author:
Michael Steele
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In early January I introduced my legislation, which, besides prohibiting Federal funding of human cloning, also expresses the sense of Congress that foreign nations should establish total prohibition on human cloning as well.
Author:
Cliff Stearns
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We want to obviously foster a relationship that we're a partner with states; that we all share the same goals of closing the achievement gap, just as the Congress does; and that we're practical and sophisticated enough to understand what they're talking about.
Author:
Margaret Spellings
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I found that there is very little interest in Washington for true election reform. That neither the White House nor either house of the Congress seems to be as committed to guaranteeing democratic participation in this country as we seem to be in other countries.
Author:
DeForest Soaries
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It's an embarrassment that we don't have a broad enough consensus among political leaders that true reform should take place. I could count the members of Congress on one hand that took these issues seriously.
Author:
DeForest Soaries
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When Congress passed the Help America Vote Act in 2002, I was thrilled to learn that the federal government would offer resources to all states to assist them in enhancing the voting process in America.
Author:
DeForest Soaries
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Well, I think the best thing we can do for the short term is move good energy legislation through to the Congress; I'm encouraged that there's some prospect for that now.
Author:
John Snow
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And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women.
Author:
Louise Slaughter
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Congress must make it clear that common animal waste will not expose farmers to liability under Superfund, while ensuring continued action to clean up legitimate hazardous waste sites around the nation.
Author:
Ike Skelton
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Finally, the House is working to require a comprehensive federal review of IRS regulations with a follow-up report to Congress on possible actions to reduce the tax paperwork burden imposed on small businesses.
Author:
Michael Simpson
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That is why I strongly believe we should working in Congress to make America a better place to run a business by reducing the costly burdens of bureaucracy and red tape.
Author:
Michael Simpson
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America's veterans and troops serving abroad today fought hard to preserve our red, white and blue, from the Revolutionary War to today's Global War Against Terrorism, and Congress' action today is appropriate for one of our most sacred symbols.
Author:
Bill Shuster
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It was an attempt to stick the Congress's finger in King Hussein's eye.
Author:
George Shultz
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I mean to say that Congress can hereafter decide whether any states, slave or free, can be framed out of Texas. If they should never be framed out of Texas, they never could be admitted.
Author:
William Seward
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As the 109th Congress continues to debate legislation that will affect the lives of immigrants, it is important for us to remember that we are a nation of immigrants.
Author:
Jose Serrano
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Congress first took action against steroids by passing The Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 1990.
Author:
Jim Sensenbrenner
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They're calling their Washington sources at the NRC or in Congress and they're not hesitating to give their opinion, but their opinion, frankly, in those early days was not very well informed.
Author:
William Scranton
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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.
Author:
Debbie Schultz
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It is with great disappointment that I call on Representative Anthony Weiner to resign. The behavior he has exhibited is indefensible and Representative Weiner's continued service in Congress is untenable.
Author:
Debbie Schultz
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Congress should pass legislation to remove from the federal courts their jurisdiction to hear these outrageous challenges to the Ten Commandments and the Pledge of Allegiance.
Author:
Phyllis Schlafly
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Now that judges embrace forcibly starving someone to death, Congress should use its appropriation power to starve the judicial budget.
Author:
Phyllis Schlafly
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Our runaway judiciary is badly in need of restraint by Congress.
Author:
Phyllis Schlafly
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Because the Bush Administration will set no timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, both chambers of Congress acted to make sure our troops will not be left in Iraq indefinitely.
Author:
Jan Schakowsky
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I'm more concerned about members of Congress being drug-free than I am about members of the Yankees or Giants.
Author:
Pat Sajak
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Give a member of Congress a junket and a mimeograph machine and he thinks he is secretary of state.
Author:
David Rusk
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Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal.
Author:
Donald Rumsfeld
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Washington, D.C., has a much greater risk than Manchester, N.H. They both need some level of funding, but they ought not to be done per capita. Congress is to blame for some of this.
Author:
Warren Rudman
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Well, it's taken a long time to get the Department of Homeland Security established. It's taken a long time for the Congress to decide how much it wanted to fund.
Author:
Warren Rudman
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The Congress has historically played covert communal politics in order to create what in India we call vote banks where you pit one community against another and so on in order to secure votes.
Author:
Arundhati Roy
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I think many people were surprised by the victory of the Congress, because it was really hard to see beyond the sort of haze of hatred that the Hindu nationalists had been spreading.
Author:
Arundhati Roy
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You begin to realize that hypocrisy is not a terrible thing when you see what overt fascism is compared to sort of covert, you know, communal politics which the Congress has never been shy of indulging in.
Author:
Arundhati Roy
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I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.
Author:
Theodore Roosevelt
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It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.
Author:
Franklin Roosevelt
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We're committed to working with Congress to doing what the president said he was always going to do, which is cut the deficit in half over the - over his first term.
Author:
Christina Romer
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This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
Author:
Will Rogers
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The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
Author:
Will Rogers
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It is the Democratic Congress, the liberal-biased media and the homosexuals who want to destroy all Christians.
Author:
Pat Robertson
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Back in the mid-1980s, congressional hearings were held after we brought this litigation, and held up the first experiment. At that time, I went in front of Congress, along with the major agencies involved with this.
Author:
Jeremy Rifkin
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Congress seems to believe that 'Children are our future' is a phrase coined by tobacco advertisers.
Author:
Jef Richards
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I represent more Native Americans than anyone else in Congress.
Author:
Rick Renzi
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It is important that Congress works to promote home ownership in Indian Country. These federal housing funds and programs will help young Native American families to stay on tribal lands in order to live, work and raise a family.
Author:
Rick Renzi
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We must shift the energy policy debate in America with an increased focus on alternative and renewable fuels and Congress must pass meaningful alternative fuels and incentive programs to help move the U.S. away from dependence on foreign oil.
Author:
Rick Renzi
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Increased and better screening for explosives is necessary - and Congress should fund it and TSA should implement it as quickly as possible - however that screening doesn't reduce the risk posed by a trained terrorist with an unconventional weapon.
Author:
Dave Reichert
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Congress has an obligation to protect our country's natural beauty, embodied in our nation's parks, rivers, and breathtaking landscapes.
Author:
Dave Reichert
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I came to Congress to help reduce spending.
Author:
Dave Reichert
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In my 31 years in Congress, I have seen a lot of changes. We made some substantial policy changes that have improved our parks system and our public lands.
Author:
Ralph Regula
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I read all these stories that I don't know anything about politics. But I must know something. I've had some good victories in Congress, and I've survived this town for four years.
Author:
Donald Regan
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I am a very lucky guy. I can testify before Congress. I can raise funds. I can raise awareness.
Author:
Christopher Reeve
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Congress seems to want to cure every ill known to man except unconstitutional government and high taxes.
Author:
Charley Reese
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I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
Author:
Ronald Reagan
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Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.
Author:
Sam Rayburn
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I was sent there by the Free Congress Committee, headed by Paul Weyrich. Fred Smith and I were sent down as observers, with reporters' credentials, so we could witness the events.
Author:
Dixie Ray
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We're half the people; we should be half the Congress.
Author:
Jeanette Rankin
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It is time to end the discrimination against people who need treatment for chemical addiction. It is time for Congress to deal with our Nation's number one public health problem.
Author:
Jim Ramstad
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As we celebrate Recovery Month, it is time for Congress to knock down the barriers to treatment and recovery for 26 million Americans suffering the ravages of alcohol and drug addiction.
Author:
Jim Ramstad
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I would like to see this group in this Congress be starting the process to get ourselves on long term fiscal strong footing.
Author:
Ben Quayle
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Congress needs strong parties, but it also needs the capacity to deal with budget and entitlement challenges that are likely beyond the reach of pure partisan exertion.
Author:
David Price
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I have also come to understand Congress' need for a bipartisan as well as a partisan capacity.
Author:
David Price
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As a member of Congress, and a parent, I understand the importance of ensuring that families are able to provide a meaningful and proper burial for their loved ones.
Author:
Jon Porter
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Although I agree that wild horses are a symbol of the American West, I also believe that it is the responsibility of Congress to ensure that these animals are managed, protected, and controlled in an effective manner.
Author:
Jon Porter
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As a Member of Congress from one of the fastest growing States in the country, we hire close to 2,500 new teachers a year, close to 5,000 support staff and faculty.
Author:
Jon Porter
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The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly embarrasses the operations of the Government. They create offices by their own votes and then seek to fill them themselves.
Author:
James Polk
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There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S.
Author:
James Polk
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I think if you look at yesterday's New York Times poll, particularly when you judge Democrats in Congress versus the Republicans in Congress, people put a little more faith, or even a little more than a little more faith in the Democrats in Congress.
Author:
John Podesta
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Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit or what is enacted in Congress.
Author:
Wendell Phillips
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To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places.
Author:
Wendell Phillips
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What I want the Congress of the United States to do, and frankly what I would like to see the President of the United States of America do, is speak a word of support to the people of Iran.
Author:
Mike Pence
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For more than forty years, the United States Congress has shamelessly used payroll taxes intended for Social Security to fund big government spending.
Author:
Mike Pence
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We are here simply to decide whether Congress should take the taxpayer dollars of millions of pro-life Americans and use them to fund the destruction of human embryos for research.
Author:
Mike Pence
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You bet every member of Congress who votes for this bill ought to read it, read it thoroughly, and understand that what we're looking at here amounts to nothing more than a government takeover of our health care economy, paid for with nearly a trillion dollars in new taxes on individuals and small businesses. And it must be opposed.
Author:
Mike Pence
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We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us.
Author:
Nancy Pelosi
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We in Congress stand by Israel. In Congress, we speak with one voice on the subject of Israel.
Author:
Nancy Pelosi
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We should go forward in courts and Congress with investigations into post-9/11 interrogations and the decisions leading to them.
Author:
Christine Pelosi
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We need to be calling out the flaws and misguided decisions of the Democrats in Congress and the Obama administration.
Author:
Timothy Pawlenty
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I said what I said before Congress because I meant every word of it.
Author:
Rafael Palmeiro
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When I testified in front of Congress, I know that I was testifying under oath and I told the truth.
Author:
Rafael Palmeiro
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I think President Obama is trying to deceive the public in pretending that he was not a part of Congress that has made some decisions in the past that got us to where we are today.
Author:
Sarah Palin
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The airheads of Congress will keep their own plush healthcare plan - it's the rest of us guinea pigs who will be thrown to the wolves.
Author:
Camille Paglia
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Congress and the White House are working out their scheme for pushing through a healthcare 'reform' bill that has more pages than the U.S. Constitution has words. I guarantee you that not a single member of the House or Senate has a complete understanding of that legislation any more than they understood all the implications of the USA PATRIOT Act back in 2001.
Author:
Butch Otter
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This Congress has promised all manner of border security and port security to the tune of billions of dollars... yet we have - to date - funded our promises for port security at only $900 million. That's quite a distance between what we say and what we actually do.
Author:
Solomon Ortiz
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It's time to replace career politicians with citizen's politicians. It's time to elect people who are going to stand up to the Washington elite and stand up to a White House and Congress hell-bent on ramming socialism down our throat.
Author:
Christine O'Donnell
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People have tremendous power, more than the average person understands, and certainly more than even I understood before I came to Congress. When any of my constituents writes me a letter, I promise you, we're listening.
Author:
Charlie Norwood
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I'm no lady; I'm a member of Congress, and I'll proceed on that basis.
Author:
Mary Norton
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The reason given by the President in asking Congress to declare war against Germany is that the German government has declared certain war zones, within which, by the use of submarines, she sinks, without notice, American ships and destroys American lives.
Author:
George Norris
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Very few men are fortunate enough to gain distinction during their first term in Congress.
Author:
John Nicolay
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My last comment was, though, that Congress has cooked the books.
Author:
Don Nickles
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Border security is a complex issue and will remain a top priority during the 2007 legislative year. As Congress works to fix this problem, I will continue to push for strong measures that beef up security at our borders.
Author:
Randy Neugebauer
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However, as our brave men and women continue to return from the battlefields of the War on Terror, Congress must respond by enacting policies that meet the evolving needs of the veterans community.
Author:
Randy Neugebauer
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The tax relief that this Congress has given now in terms of four tax cuts has overwhelmingly gone to the people at the very top of the income scale in America.
Author:
Richard Neal
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If Congress doesn't raise taxes, you cannot get a private investment account without forgoing a portion, possibly all, of your guaranteed benefit check.
Author:
Grace Napolitano
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There is a need for Social Security reform to ensure its stability, and Congress must act.
Author:
Grace Napolitano
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If the Republicans get control back of the United States Senate, we will no longer have a check and balance on the White House, on the Republican Congress.
Author:
Patty Murray
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All elections revolve around and are often resolved by who raises the most money. That's unfair. I'd like to see that process changed, but it seems once you win and get to Congress, that doesn't happen.
Author:
John Murray
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So I will stand more steadfastly for the things I stand up for, like people who work for a living. I'd like to be able to stand that way when I go to Congress.
Author:
John Murray
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We cannot go up on a wire. We cannot do a search without a judge on the FISA Court approving it and determining that we have met the standard that has been set forth by Congress in order to utilize these techniques.
Author:
Robert Mueller
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All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.
Author:
John Mortimer
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As Bob Dole found out, you can't keep a positive image while being your party's mouthpiece in Congress. That's why no legislative leader since James Madison has ever been elected president.
Author:
Dick Morris
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The mayor has got to work closely with a wide variety of people, his city council, state legislature, governor, business community, labor community, president and the congress in order to be able to do this.
Author:
Marc Morial
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You want to balance the budget in this country? We change the salary structure for Congress and the President. Every year they don't balance the budget, we don't pay them.
Author:
Daniel Moran
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The public conviction that a railroad linking the West and the East was an absolute necessity became so pronounced after the gold discoveries of '49 that Congress passed an act in 1853 providing for a survey of several lines from the Mississippi to the Pacific.
Author:
John Moody
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I continued to serve in Congress until 2001.
Author:
David Minge
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It is the utmost necessity that this congress be a congress of unity.
Author:
Slobodan Milosevic
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It is not secret here in Congress we have not had the discipline in many instances to keep our hands out of the cookie jar of Social Security. Now to stop this I propose that in the future that Congress cannot get its hands on the money in the first place.
Author:
Jeff Miller
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It is no secret that our tax code is drastically outdated and burdensome to all Americans. Fortunately, more and more people are aware daily of the inequities that arise from things such as the estate tax, and it has come to the forefront of Congress' agenda.
Author:
Jeff Miller
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Yes, I do agree we need health care reform; however, this bill badly misses the mark. Congress can and must do better for the American people.
Author:
John Mica
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The Democrats' plan for 2006? Take the House and Senate and impeach the president. With our nation at war, is this the kind of Congress you want?
Author:
Ken Mehlman
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Why shouldn't future generations and young Americans have the choice to earn a higher rate of return? Why shouldn't they be able to own their own Social Security so that Congress can't spend it on other things?
Author:
Ken Mehlman
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For Members of Congress, we are saying here on the Democratic side of the aisle we are not going to vote for another pay increase for Members of Congress until the American people get an increase.
Author:
Kendrick Meek
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In all, dozens upon dozens of groups and organizations have prioritized stopping the killing in Darfur before there is no one left to be killed. It is high time that we, the U.S. Congress, join our name to that list.
Author:
Kendrick Meek
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Just about every year, Congress passes another crime bill - spending billions of dollars to build more prisons, to place more band-aids on society's scars.
Author:
Carrie Meek
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Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government.
Author:
Marty Meehan
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The worst excesses of the Congress of the 1980s pale in comparison with what is going on in Washington today.
Author:
Marty Meehan
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There have been high crimes and misdemeanors, but they have been committed by the special prosecutor and the Congress, not the president.
Author:
Donella Meadows
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My top three priorities for my first term in Congress are growing our economy; providing for quality, affordable health care; and keeping our nation and communities safe.
Author:
Cathy McMorris
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Ever since I came to Congress in 1992, there are those who have been trying to silence my voice. I've been told to "sit down and shut up" over and over again. Well, I won't sit down and I won't shut up until the full and unvarnished truth is placed before the American people.
Author:
Cynthia McKinney
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As one of the voices of rural New Yorkers in Congress, I am committed to supporting efforts such as these that will make a real impact in people's lives.
Author:
John McHugh
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Reducing health costs and increasing access to health care are worthy goals that every Member of Congress should support.
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Jim McCrery
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The administration still wants to govern from the far-left and that's going to produce kind a partisan result here in the Congress.
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Mitch McConnell
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It's time Congress got its priorities straight.
Author:
Mitch McConnell
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The result was, when Congress convened in January 1971, everyone was now an environmentalist. They had seen a new force, college students, who favored the environment.
Author:
Pete McCloskey
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Texas' and America's farmers are suffering. As the Member of Congress representing the 10th Congressional District of Texas, I have traveled throughout our area and have seen first-hand how the drought has affected our agricultural communities.
Author:
Michael McCaul
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Over the past year, several cases of human rights abuses, specifically sexual exploitation and abuse, by individuals involved in U.N. peacekeeping operations have raised the suspicions of many Members of Congress and members of the International Relations Committee.
Author:
Michael McCaul
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The problem... is that most members of Congress don't pay attention to what's going on.
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John McCain
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The Republican Party is bringing out here onto the floor of Congress an all-out assault on the protection of the rights of people who work in the fields of our country, in the factories of our country, in the offices of our country.
Author:
Ed Markey
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The problem is, is that President Bush and the Republican leadership in the Congress have resisted attempts to increase dramatically our fuel economy standards over the last five years.
Author:
Ed Markey
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Unfortunately a Constitutional amendment that would have empowered Congress to make desecration of the United States flag illegal failed to pass by one vote.
Author:
Kenny Marchant
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Congress requires states to draw single-member districts.
Author:
Thomas Mann
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They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
Author:
Clare Luce
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They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
Author:
Clare Luce
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The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.
Author:
Hendrik Loon
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More than 70 percent of seniors are asking for more time. It is long overdue for Congress to listen and make sure that seniors have a prescription drug plan that works for them.
Author:
Dan Lipinski
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The voters in my district, and around the country, have demanded that Congress get a hold on the influx of illegal immigrants and tighten the security around our borders.
Author:
John Linder
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I have seen the times when the grassroots has moved the Congress. We listen way more often to our constituents than the lobbyists. And the grassroots are going to have to do it.
Author:
John Linder
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We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
Author:
Abraham Lincoln
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Obama's health care plan will be written by a committee whose head, John Conyers, says he doesn't understand it. It'll be passed by Congress that has not read it, signed by a president who smokes, funded by a Treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, overseen by a Surgeon General who is obese, and financed by a country that's nearly broke. What could possibly go wrong?
Author:
Rush Limbaugh
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We must continue our fight to ensure that Federal, State, and local authorities have the resources and support necessary to combat this growing epidemic. This is a top priority for me and many of my colleagues here in Congress.
Author:
Ron Lewis
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Freedom of religion is a principle that is central to our Nation's Declaration of Independence. Congress has taken this positive step to protect our freedom to express allegiance to America's flag and the ideals it represents.
Author:
Ron Lewis
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Though Congress continues to explore possible solutions to ensure social security solvency, everyone must take personal responsibility to prepare their own retirement savings accordingly.
Author:
Ron Lewis
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Copyrights have not expired, and will not expire, so long as Congress is free to be bought to extend them again.
Author:
Lawrence Lessig
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More coming out about Saddam Hussein. We now know he takes Viagra and he has as many as six mistresses. No wonder Congress is reluctant to take action against this guy - he's one of their own.
Author:
Jay Leno
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Marching with over a million women in support of our reproductive rights was one of the most empowering things I have done, both as a woman and as a Member of Congress.
Author:
Sheila Lee
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Many of us in Congress have been calling on the Administration to articulate a bold mission for NASA. It seems that the President is answering that call. I wholeheartedly support his vision for going back to the moon, and from there to worlds beyond.
Author:
Sheila Lee
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I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.
Author:
Robert Lee
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I wish the press were paying more attention to the erosion of the Constitution and the slippery slope that we're getting into, by giving up the right of the Congress to talk about when and how and where we go to war.
Author:
Barbara Lee
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I had hoped to hear the President tonight tell the Congress and the American people exactly how he plans to tackle some of the important issues facing this country, unfortunately I did not.
Author:
Frank Lautenberg
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Congress had the opportunity to extend tax relief to working families without increasing the deficit. Instead, we were handed a bill that favors the wealthy and eliminates deductions that benefit the middle class.
Author:
Rick Larsen
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As the first Member of Congress from western Washington to serve on the House Agriculture Committee in over 50 years, I am proud to represent the needs of our agriculture community.
Author:
Rick Larsen
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I can finally go home and tell the constituents, law enforcement, and leaders in Washington state that Congress is treating the meth problem with the same urgency and commitment that local communities have been treating it with for years.
Author:
Rick Larsen
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Sometimes Congress likes to milk an issue.
Author:
Steve Largent
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What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress.
Author:
Serge Lang
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We are telling veterans they must sacrifice to pay for the pet projects and contracts to campaign donors of powerful members of Congress.
Author:
Nick Lampson
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Congress should stop treating veterans like they're asking for a hand out when it comes to the benefits they were promised, and they should realize that, were it not for these veterans, there would be nothing to hand out.
Author:
Nick Lampson
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The photos were taken by African Union soldiers. People in Congress saw them. I thought if people could see them, there would be public outcry. No one would be able to say, We just didn't know what was going on there.
Author:
Nicholas Kristof
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Media companies, under the guise of piracy, are asking congress to give them more control over fair use. Hollywood wants to control innovation.
Author:
Joe Krauss
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I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation.
Author:
Lajos Kossuth
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I would rather be known as 'Jim Kolbe, the trade expert in Congress who happens to be gay,' rather than 'Jim Kolbe, gay congressman from Arizona.'
Author:
Jim Kolbe
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The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do those things which are essential for their own welfare or for the general good.
Author:
Henry Knox
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The decision to go to war is the most important decision that I can make as a representative in Congress. As a veteran, I see any potential military action first through the eyes of the young men and women who volunteered to wear the uniform and would carry out such a mission.
Author:
Mark Kirk
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One of the first things I did as a new Member of Congress was help form a bipartisan Mississippi River Caucus so we could work together from both the North and the South in order to draw attention to the resources that are needed along the Mississippi River.
Author:
Ron Kind
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Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have to declare war. You're just at war and we did that, which is not legal.
Author:
Val Kilmer
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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.
Author:
Craig Kilborn
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The Prescription Drug Benefit we passed in Congress is already working to make prescription drugs available and affordable for all seniors who depend on them, through the drug card that became available last year.
Author:
Mark Kennedy
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As a Member of Congress, I've continued my family's tradition of focusing on education.
Author:
Mark Kennedy
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My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future generations.
Author:
Sue Kelly
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Last year, I co-sponsored the Highlands Conservation Act and in a bipartisan effort we passed the bill through Congress.
Author:
Sue Kelly
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Finally, we need more Border Patrol agents. Although Congress has already tripled the number of Border Patrol agents since the late 1980s, more are still needed.
Author:
Ric Keller
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Illegal immigration presents a huge problem. That is why I decided to spend a week along the southern border to see firsthand how bad the problem is and, more importantly, what Congress can do to fix it.
Author:
Ric Keller
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But people ought to be proud to be Democrats right now. You know, we're a happy warrior party. And this Congress has every reason to be very, very proud of the heavy lifting that they have done.
Author:
Tim Kaine
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In fact, corporate and union moneys go overwhelmingly to incumbents, so limiting that money, as Congress did in the campaign finance law, may be the single most self-denying thing that Congress has ever done.
Author:
Elena Kagan
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If they're willing to stand at polls for countless hours in the rain, as many did, then I should surely stand up for them here in the halls of Congress.
Author:
Stephanie Jones
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There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous.
Author:
Lyndon Johnson
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Congress did a good thing back in 1995 in passing the Deep Water Royalty Relief Act. That act did a simple thing. It provided automatic royalty relief for new leases for 5 years in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Author:
Bobby Jindal
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When I ran for Congress I promised to help make health care affordable again.
Author:
Bobby Jindal
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Members of Congress must live according to the same laws as everyone else.
Author:
Bobby Jindal
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If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?
Author:
Thomas Jefferson
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I don't believe in lobbying only progressives and liberal members of Congress. I don't believe in doing interviews only with those who share my views. I want to reach a wider audience.
Author:
Bianca Jagger
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You know they say the most dangerous person of the world is a member of the United States Congress just home from a three-day fact-finding trip.
Author:
Johnny Isakson
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Well I think that what we're seeing now is that the people feel like they, the people in Congress don't have their consent to govern them. They keep doing things that are incredibly unpopular. And so when that happens, folks get angry.
Author:
Laura Ingraham
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We in Congress need to support the American forces in every conceivable way, giving them the tools to continue to convert, capture or kill terrorists and the time to equip the Iraqi security forces.
Author:
Bob Inglis
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There are so many women on the floor of Congress, it looks like a mall.
Author:
Henry Hyde
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I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.
Author:
Hubert Humphrey
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I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
Author:
Victor Hugo
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If we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday at a time of presidential inaugurals, this is thanks to Ronald Reagan who created the holiday, and not to the Democratic Congress of the Carter years, which rejected it.
Author:
David Horowitz
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It is plain that, when it comes to inferior officers, Congress itself can pass a law sending these nominees to the President with him having the authority to put them on the bench without the advice and consent of the Senate.
Author:
John Hooker
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This body, the United States Congress, was united, Republicans and Democrats alike, in taking that action, toppling the Taliban government, and working to try and root out al Qaeda and find Osama bin Laden.
Author:
Chris Hollen
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As we get closer to the end of this Congress, we should be addressing the urgent needs of the American people - the war in Iraq, affordable health care, a sensible energy policy, quality education for our children, retirement security, and a sound and fair fiscal policy.
Author:
Chris Hollen
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I am not a proponent of the death penalty, but I will enforce the law as this Congress gives it to us.
Author:
Eric Holder
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There has been a growing consensus across the country - from statehouses to the White House and the halls of Congress - that we need to take dramatic steps to improve our secondary schools.
Author:
Ruben Hinojosa
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Now back in those days, to become a rural mail carrier you had to be approved by congress.
Author:
Betty Hill
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The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them.
Author:
Cullen Hightower
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Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.
Author:
Cullen Hightower
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We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can.
Author:
Cullen Hightower
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While Congress can't overturn the Supreme Court, we can provide carrots and sticks to prevent local governments from unfairly taking property from landowners.
Author:
Stephanie Herseth
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I am not liked as a President by the politicians in office, in the press, or in Congress. But I am content to abide the judgment the sober second thought of the people.
Author:
Rutherford Hayes
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Now Congress learns that the Veterans Administration failed to provide complete, accurate information on the money it needs for both this year and next year.
Author:
Doc Hastings
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In 2001, Congress passed much needed tax relief to allow Americans to keep more of their hard earned money and spend it as they see fit - rather than how the federal government sees fit.
Author:
Doc Hastings
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Since September 11th Congress has created the Department of Homeland Security, more than doubled the homeland security budget and implemented a bipartisan overhaul of our intelligence systems.
Author:
Doc Hastings
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In addition to demanding answers and accountability from the Veterans Administration, Congress had to act to ensure veterans do not suffer because of the actions of a federal agency.
Author:
Doc Hastings
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The Middle East is literally going up in flames, as is California, and Katrina's problems haven't been solved, and Congress' response is to criticize Federal judges.
Author:
Alcee Hastings
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If Americans want to see results instead of rhetoric, if taxpayers would like solutions instead of sound bites, and hard work instead of horse trading, I suggest you take a short look, and it won't take much longer, at the accomplishments of this Congress.
Author:
Alcee Hastings
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The federal government seeks to control and regulate the Internet, but the last thing this Congress should be doing is trying to stifle public debate online.
Author:
Dennis Hastert
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Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the direction Congress was ready to take about breaking down barriers within Europe.
Author:
W. Harriman
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So, you know, I think that Democrats are being more successful in Congress and I'm really going to be proud of the role I will play tomorrow as ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee when this bill passes.
Author:
Jane Harman
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Mr. Speaker, Americans want, need, and rightfully expect Congress to protect them from the prying eyes of identity thieves and give them back control of their Social Security numbers and personal health information.
Author:
Luis Gutierrez
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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.
Author:
Andy Grove
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I believe certain members of the U.S. Congress have aided in the oppression and diversion of critical information that could have revealed a fullness of truth long ago.
Author:
Bo Gritz
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We in this Congress have a choice. The American people have a right to exercise a choice on this issue, as to whether our men and women will continue to fight and die in a war based on deception and fantasy, or to start bringing the troops home.
Author:
Raul Grijalva
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I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was fun - learning political maneuvering.
Author:
Harold Greene
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The president has undermined trust. No longer will the members of Congress be entitled to accept his veracity. Caveat emptor has become the word. Every member of Congress is on his or her own to determine the truth.
Author:
Bob Graham
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During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.
Author:
Al Gore
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The retirement system that is in place for members of Congress and other federal workers features what is known as the Federal Employment Retirement Plan.
Author:
Virgil Goode
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The salary of a member of Congress ends the day that he of she leaves office.
Author:
Virgil Goode
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But the Congress has made the determination that certain kinds of information can be protected even though the American people may want to have access to information.
Author:
Alberto Gonzales
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I believe it is incumbent upon Congress to act aggressively to ameliorate fear and help our country take the essential steps that will make our communities and lives safer.
Author:
Paul Gillmor
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It has been a top priority of Congress to reduce the drug costs of all seniors.
Author:
Paul Gillmor
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The lack of health care coverage has remained very important to me during my time in Congress and as a member of the House Subcommittee on Health, I am working hard with my colleagues to correct these inequalities.
Author:
Paul Gillmor
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Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.
Author:
Ed Gillespie
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Congress has greatly tightened the loopholes terrorists can use to harm Americans. We need to do more. We need controls immediately on what forms of ID are adequate to board planes and enter secure sites.
Author:
Elton Gallegly
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No man in America ever strove more, and more successfully first to bring about a Congress in 1765, and then to support it ever afterwards than myself.
Author:
Christopher Gadsden
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I submit to you, Mr. President of Congress, my formal resignation as president of the republic.
Author:
Alberto Fujimori
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Congress should be forward thinking in the policies we set, instead of waiting until catastrophe looms.
Author:
Bill Frist
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We as a Congress have a moral obligation to bring justice to the families of these victims. Furthermore, as a society based on laws, we have a responsibility to ensure that criminals don't go unpunished.
Author:
Bob Filner
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As Congress continues to debate ways to address illegal immigration, we must remember the many hard-working legal immigrants that contribute so much to our nation's economy and culture.
Author:
Bob Filner
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Congress is headed in the wrong direction with this bill which removes any and all incentives from the food industry to improve their products for children.
Author:
Bob Filner
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We have seen that, in another unfunded mandate, the so-called No Child Left Behind Act, which created tougher standards, and we all support that, but Congress did not provide the money to attract and hire the best teachers.
Author:
Bob Filner
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Many critics of the Palestinians, especially those in Congress, think the current calm is merely the eye of the storm. That's why the House of Representatives approved a foreign aid package last week that forbade the direct financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority .
Author:
Suzanne Fields
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I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.
Author:
Geraldine Ferraro
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But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I was elected I didn't go on trips because I was so afraid of having someone accuse me of taking junkets.
Author:
Geraldine Ferraro
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In the first 50 years of the filibuster, it was used only 35 times. But the last Congress alone had 112 cloture motions filed, plus threats of more. This is the tyranny of the minority.
Author:
Peter Fenn
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Health care for all Americans is the most pressing domestic issue today. It's far past time for the President and Congress to deliver health care to everyone.
Author:
Russ Feingold
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If a trip is worth taking, members of Congress should be prepared to justify paying for it out of their office accounts.
Author:
Russ Feingold
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There's not an appropriations bill in the last 10 years that the-that Democrats passed in the Congress. We haven't spent any money of your taxes in the last decade.
Author:
Chaka Fattah
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The Republican Party is in charge. They've been charge of the Congress and spending for 10 years.
Author:
Chaka Fattah
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What five members of the Supreme Court say the law is may be something vastly different from what Congress intended the law to be.
Author:
Benjamin Fairless
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There were speeches made in Congress in the very last session before the outbreak of the Rebellion, so ferocious as to show that their authors were under the influence of a real frenzy.
Author:
Edward Everett
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I think it's a lovely idea, but it will not pass the Congress. I live in a world of realities. The policy of our country is that we can drill our way to independence. I think that's a march to folly.
Author:
Anna Eshoo
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We stand with the people of Taiwan and their democratic ways, and I am proud to be a part of reaffirming the unwavering commitment to the Taiwan Relations Act by the United States Congress.
Author:
Eliot Engel
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Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to the Congress.
Author:
Daniel Ellsberg
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Serving in Congress has been the honor of a lifetime.
Author:
Bob Ehrlich
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And I am saying, how about the other two branches? And putting the pressure on our representatives in the Senate and the Congress, and the court system. They should be counter-acting this corruption, but they are sitting there silent.
Author:
Sibel Edmonds
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We have to remind the people: Congress has the constitutional obligation and public responsibility to oversee these issues and the Department of Justice's operations.
Author:
Sibel Edmonds
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I would not have a woman go to Congress merely because she is a woman.
Author:
Crystal Eastman
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Every day President Bush and Congress refuse to fulfill their obligation to special ed is another day Wisconsin property taxpayers are stuck with the bill. It's unfair, irresponsible and must stop.
Author:
Jim Doyle
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There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry.
Author:
Rita Dove
