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People think that the President of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness; he does not, he can postpone, he can delay, but he does not have that power. That has to be an act of Congress. – Nancy Pelosi	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
People think that the President of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness ; he does not, he can postpone, he can delay, but he does not have that power. That has to be an act of Congress. – Nancy Pelosi	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The President says,' Look, I can't sit in my office and turn a dial and move gas down. I can't sit in my office and move inflation,' but what I can do is ask Congress and my team to help me reduce everybody's cost in other areas and wring efficiencies out of the system. That's where the infrastructure bill comes into play. – Mitch Landrieu	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The conversation in Washington has always been about the next fight, the next hill, the next bill -- so much so that I think some folks seeing the tug of war over' Build Back Better' kind of lost track of the fact that the infrastructure law passed, it is important for them to know that that this bridge over the rail yard in Chattanooga that we just announced is coming to you because the President's vision and ability to work with Congress, both sides of the aisle, to get funding for this. – Pete Buttigieg	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I hope it meant what it sounded like it meant. We have been in discussion with the vice president's counsel for some time. So he knows of our interest in having him come before House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, and I am confident that if he is truly willing, that there was a way to work out any executive privilege or separation of powers issues. There is, of course, nothing precluding the vice president should he decide to come before Congress, and I would hope given the severity of the issues we're addressing here and attack on our capital, and attack on our very democracy, that he would be willing to come in. – Adam Schiff	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We don't need rookies who don't know what they're doing in Congress, we need our most experienced, strong, effective, accomplished, I would say, women, who know how to fight and how to overturn the attack on (Roe v. Wade) and on our rights. – Sean Patrick Maloney	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The law is clear: a member of Congress cannot use any House or Senate floor footage for campaign purposes, furthermore, under the ethics rules, each member is responsible for their campaign and their staff. – Kendra Arnold	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I didn't smoke a blunt because I wanted to make it cool or popular. People are doing this every day. This is the reality of the world we live in. What I did it for is so we could take the stigma away, because there are people in Congress that are smoking weed, okay? They may never openly say that they're smoking weed, but there are people in Congress who are smoking weed. Why? Because in D.C., it's not illegal. – Gary Chambers	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The decision here will control future disputes between Congress and the Executive — including those of sitting Presidents -- almost all of which arise in this circuit, the Court should grant the petition. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 1 year ago
For Black farmers specifically, it's a tall ask for Congress to ask that Black farmers blindly trust the same agency that is primarily responsible for most of their hardships right now, given this new structure that has been rolled out, we're waiting for The USDA to show us they're willing to change their relationship with Black farmers and other farmers of color. – Wen Fa	Found on CNN 1 year ago
From the COVID-19 pandemic to the ongoing addiction crisis and spikes in crime and violence, our law enforcement officials and first responders need additional support to meet our communities' needs and keep people safe, they can’t do this alone, and that is why in Congress I’ve led the fight to bring additional funding and support to our first responders and law enforcement. – Chris Pappas	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
To my friends and colleagues in Congress. – Ann Wagner	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The federal government should be taking every step it can to protect consumers, i appreciate the FTC's effort to use the tools it has to protect consumers, but Congress has a responsibility to pass comprehensive federal privacy legislation to better equip the agency, and others, to protect consumers to the greatest extent. – Frank Pallone	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The people that I talk to are afraid. They are frightened of what the administration of justice has become, we've got to send people to Washington to understand how much of a crisis there is and who are willing to take the steps necessary to invoke Congress's full power to bring these administrative agencies in line and to change the way the bureaucracy is built and maintained. – Dan Bishop	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Scott Perry's telephone is maybe for me an even more extreme example than President Trump, they pick a member of Congress somewhat obscure, perhaps less famous than, say, Jim Jordan or Kevin McCarthy or Jim Banks. And they go and strip him of a cell phone under criminal process a day after they've conducted an unprecedented raid on the former president of the United States over, as far as anybody can tell, kind of weak tea allegations or issues about the Presidential Records Act. – Dan Bishop	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
A lot of members of Congress behave immaturely and are deeply unserious dealing with very serious issues. – Victoria Spartz	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This accusation is a cowardly misrepresentation of facts by some jealous members or staff since we had a very productive bipartisan CODEL in March, i did not come to Congress to get paid for my travel vacations or dinners, but rather get things done. I have always been willing to spend my own hard-earned money to help with causes I care about. – Victoria Spartz	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It was a privilege to engage with American heroes in uniform on the ground in South Korea, led by General Paul LaCamera, Commander, U.S. Forces Korea. During visits to the Demilitarized Zone/Joint Security Area( DMZ/JSA) and Osan Air Base, we conveyed the gratitude of the Congress and the Country for the patriotic service of our Servicemembers, who stand as sentinels of Democracy on the Korean Demilitarized Zone peninsula. – Nancy Pelosi	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Congress is an independent, coequal branch of government, the decision is entirely the speaker's. – Antony Blinken	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Can we please not force veterans, disabled from their heroism and sacrifice, to stand outside the Capitol building, days on end, waiting on this Congress to do the thing they already did on June 16 ? It passed 84 to 14. Nothing changed in it. – Jon Stewart	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Honestly, this isn't a good time for Xi Jinping to provoke a military conflict right before the 20th party congress. It's in Xi Jinping's interest to manage this rationally and not instigate a crisis on top of all the other crises Xi Jinping has to deal with. – Drew Thompson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Look, this bill is far from perfect, it’s a compromise, but my message to Congress is this: This is the strongest bill you can pass to lower inflation, cut the deficit, reduce health care costs, tackle the climate crisis, and promote energy security. – President Biden	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
By a wide margin, this legislation will be the greatest pro-climate legislation that has ever been passed by Congress. – Chuck Schumer	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Congress has an opportunity to unlock even greater economic potential for Texas and the United States by passing the CHIPS Act of 2022, this legislation will assist cementing a secure semiconductor supply chain, which is vital to our nation's economy and national security. – Greg Abbott	Found on FOX News 1 year ago

People think that the President of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness; he does not, he can postpone, he can delay, but he does not have that power. That has to be an act of Congress.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

People think that the President of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness ; he does not, he can postpone, he can delay, but he does not have that power. That has to be an act of Congress.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The President says,' Look, I can't sit in my office and turn a dial and move gas down. I can't sit in my office and move inflation,' but what I can do is ask Congress and my team to help me reduce everybody's cost in other areas and wring efficiencies out of the system. That's where the infrastructure bill comes into play.

– Mitch Landrieu

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The conversation in Washington has always been about the next fight, the next hill, the next bill -- so much so that I think some folks seeing the tug of war over' Build Back Better' kind of lost track of the fact that the infrastructure law passed, it is important for them to know that that this bridge over the rail yard in Chattanooga that we just announced is coming to you because the President's vision and ability to work with Congress, both sides of the aisle, to get funding for this.

– Pete Buttigieg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I hope it meant what it sounded like it meant. We have been in discussion with the vice president's counsel for some time. So he knows of our interest in having him come before House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, and I am confident that if he is truly willing, that there was a way to work out any executive privilege or separation of powers issues. There is, of course, nothing precluding the vice president should he decide to come before Congress, and I would hope given the severity of the issues we're addressing here and attack on our capital, and attack on our very democracy, that he would be willing to come in.

– Adam Schiff

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We don't need rookies who don't know what they're doing in Congress, we need our most experienced, strong, effective, accomplished, I would say, women, who know how to fight and how to overturn the attack on (Roe v. Wade) and on our rights.

– Sean Patrick Maloney

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The law is clear: a member of Congress cannot use any House or Senate floor footage for campaign purposes, furthermore, under the ethics rules, each member is responsible for their campaign and their staff.

– Kendra Arnold

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I didn't smoke a blunt because I wanted to make it cool or popular. People are doing this every day. This is the reality of the world we live in. What I did it for is so we could take the stigma away, because there are people in Congress that are smoking weed, okay? They may never openly say that they're smoking weed, but there are people in Congress who are smoking weed. Why? Because in D.C., it's not illegal.

– Gary Chambers

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The decision here will control future disputes between Congress and the Executive — including those of sitting Presidents -- almost all of which arise in this circuit, the Court should grant the petition.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
1 year ago

For Black farmers specifically, it's a tall ask for Congress to ask that Black farmers blindly trust the same agency that is primarily responsible for most of their hardships right now, given this new structure that has been rolled out, we're waiting for The USDA to show us they're willing to change their relationship with Black farmers and other farmers of color.

– Wen Fa

Found on CNN
1 year ago

From the COVID-19 pandemic to the ongoing addiction crisis and spikes in crime and violence, our law enforcement officials and first responders need additional support to meet our communities' needs and keep people safe, they can’t do this alone, and that is why in Congress I’ve led the fight to bring additional funding and support to our first responders and law enforcement.

– Chris Pappas

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

To my friends and colleagues in Congress.

– Ann Wagner

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The federal government should be taking every step it can to protect consumers, i appreciate the FTC's effort to use the tools it has to protect consumers, but Congress has a responsibility to pass comprehensive federal privacy legislation to better equip the agency, and others, to protect consumers to the greatest extent.

– Frank Pallone

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The people that I talk to are afraid. They are frightened of what the administration of justice has become, we've got to send people to Washington to understand how much of a crisis there is and who are willing to take the steps necessary to invoke Congress's full power to bring these administrative agencies in line and to change the way the bureaucracy is built and maintained.

– Dan Bishop

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Scott Perry's telephone is maybe for me an even more extreme example than President Trump, they pick a member of Congress somewhat obscure, perhaps less famous than, say, Jim Jordan or Kevin McCarthy or Jim Banks. And they go and strip him of a cell phone under criminal process a day after they've conducted an unprecedented raid on the former president of the United States over, as far as anybody can tell, kind of weak tea allegations or issues about the Presidential Records Act.

– Dan Bishop

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

A lot of members of Congress behave immaturely and are deeply unserious dealing with very serious issues.

– Victoria Spartz

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This accusation is a cowardly misrepresentation of facts by some jealous members or staff since we had a very productive bipartisan CODEL in March, i did not come to Congress to get paid for my travel vacations or dinners, but rather get things done. I have always been willing to spend my own hard-earned money to help with causes I care about.

– Victoria Spartz

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It was a privilege to engage with American heroes in uniform on the ground in South Korea, led by General Paul LaCamera, Commander, U.S. Forces Korea. During visits to the Demilitarized Zone/Joint Security Area( DMZ/JSA) and Osan Air Base, we conveyed the gratitude of the Congress and the Country for the patriotic service of our Servicemembers, who stand as sentinels of Democracy on the Korean Demilitarized Zone peninsula.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Congress is an independent, coequal branch of government, the decision is entirely the speaker's.

– Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Can we please not force veterans, disabled from their heroism and sacrifice, to stand outside the Capitol building, days on end, waiting on this Congress to do the thing they already did on June 16 ? It passed 84 to 14. Nothing changed in it.

– Jon Stewart

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Honestly, this isn't a good time for Xi Jinping to provoke a military conflict right before the 20th party congress. It's in Xi Jinping's interest to manage this rationally and not instigate a crisis on top of all the other crises Xi Jinping has to deal with.

– Drew Thompson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Look, this bill is far from perfect, it’s a compromise, but my message to Congress is this: This is the strongest bill you can pass to lower inflation, cut the deficit, reduce health care costs, tackle the climate crisis, and promote energy security.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

By a wide margin, this legislation will be the greatest pro-climate legislation that has ever been passed by Congress.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Congress has an opportunity to unlock even greater economic potential for Texas and the United States by passing the CHIPS Act of 2022, this legislation will assist cementing a secure semiconductor supply chain, which is vital to our nation's economy and national security.

– Greg Abbott

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

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