Congressman Quotes

It's amazing to me that people have any interest in such a low-level sex scandal. If I were sleeping with a congressman, maybe, but I'm a nobody and the people I'm writing about are nobodies.

You know that I am living proof that the American Dream is real. Growing up, our congressman cut through government bureaucratic red tape to help my mom buy our first house. That's the kind of congressman I'll be.

The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.

I was introduced to Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson. The young Congressman was very friendly.

The Congressman ascertained that the consulate in Havana had numbers to feed the pigs.

When I was introduced to Johnson he was a freshman Congressman.

If I can go from burglar for the government to talk show host, you can go from entertainer to congressman.

It is more profitable for your congressman to support the tobacco industry than your life.

Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father.

My dog can bark like a congressman, fetch like an aide, beg like a press secretary and play dead like a receptionist when the phone rings.

You are not drawing the difference between Congressman Condit and his family being extraordinarily helpful to the police and not being extraordinarily helpful to the thousand media people who are dogging him and his kids and his wife and are asking for details of their private lives that they are not going to accommodate.

Those people who are honestly concerned about the disappearance of Ms. Levy will now realize that Congressman Condit has exhausted the information he can provide and that the spotlight on him should be turned elsewhere.

New Jersey families sent Congressman Scott Garrett to Washington to represent their values and compassion in Congress. Today, he has shown that he represents neither. Americans from every community in the country have selflessly donated millions of dollars to help those who so desperately need food, water and medical attention. When Congress had its chance to support the effort, Congressman Garrett opposed it.

In 41 years, you're the first congressman to come talk to us.

Getting information from Congressman Condit is like pulling teeth. It comes out only when he's forced to admit these facts. The family does not believe that anything short of a polygraph ... would give them any confidence.

We do not have evidence to accuse Congressman Gary Condit of Chandra's disappearance and, now, her death, but we do have reason to believe he knew a lot more about Chandra.

He (Johnson) ended up getting me into several doors I had never gotten into and really single-handedly got Congressman John Shimkus, R-Ill., behind this. (Rep. Ray) LaHood, R-Peoria, was always behind us. They really got us through the red tape and got us on the floor and it was a unanimous vote.

The congressman shares their disdain of smoking. He's not prepared to support the legislation because there are a lot of questions. That's why it's important when these presentations are made in classrooms that all of the information is provided for them.

Sloth: Which current congressman uses the term 'Great Americans' as a codeword to ask his staff if the person he's speaking to is a big donor?

[China Lake is located in the district of Congressman Bill Thomas, the influential chairman of the House Ways and Means committee.] Apparently, logic doesn't count when a powerful Republican is involved, ... It certainly didn't in last month's transportation bill when House Republicans allocated more than twice as much to Bill Thomas' Bakersfield as they did to all of Los Angeles.

There was finally an act of Congress signed by President Clinton with no opposition. Not a single congressman or senator opposed it.

A member of the leadership told the congressman on the floor he would regret this vote.

It's possible the congressman and his accountant missed that paragraph in the 17,000-page IRS code, and his accountant is looking into it.

Congressman John Murtha and Alberto Mora exemplify the kind of courage my father admired most. When others were unwilling to do so, each man recognized a moral obligation to speak out against policies he believed were misguided and contrary to our national interest. Representative Murtha broke ranks with our nation's political and military leadership to call for the withdrawal of U.S. forces in Iraq. Alberto Mora sacrificed an illustrious legal career in government to oppose a policy that condoned the torture and abuse of prisoners in violation of international law. Their courage has inspired others to follow their example, and our government is fortunate to have public servants with such integrity.

People don't believe that their congressman is crooked just because you say he is. There's really more of a personal connection that you have to overcome.