Office hours are from 12 to 1, with an hour off for lunch. (United States Senate)
Congress Quotes
What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?
An important antidote to American democracy is American gerontocracy. The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality. Superficial observers have long criticized the United States for making a fetish of youth. This is unfair. Uniquely among modern organs of public and private administration, its […]
The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver.
Congress, n. A body of men who meet to repeal laws.
I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps. I was through two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12 different occasions. I was in the space program. It wasn’t my checkbook, it was my life that was on the line. This was not a 9-to-5 job […]
He was born to be a senator. He never said anything important, and he always said it sonorously.
I want to thank you for coming to the White House to give me an opportunity to urge you to work with these five senators and three congressmen, to work hard to get this trade promotion authority moving. The power that be, well most of the power that be, sits right here.
I’m carrying so much pork, I’m beginning to get trichinosis.
The politics of character tend to drive out the politics of substance.
