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I’m going to try to lead the fight on the Texas side, from a congressional aspect at least. – Ronny Jackson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Does this allow us to do the things that the census is intended to do – voting rights, civil rights, allocation of congressional districts, race and ethnicity is central to the work of folks who are in those spaces. – Mark Hugo Lopez	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This is simple: the District of Columbia must be allowed to govern itself. Democrats’ commitment to home rule should apply regardless of the substance of the local legislation, this is why the Congressional Progressive Caucus and its members have endorsed D.C. statehood, with every CPC member cosponsoring D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton’s bill in the 117th Congress. Statehood is the only way to protect the 700,000 residents of the District from this kind of interference, we will continue to champion this cause. – Pramila Jayapal	Found on CNN 1 year ago
These pre-compact rights are part of the whole knot that needs to be untangled here, (Congressional) legislation probably can’t do much about that, and I’m sure there would be litigation if it attempted to. – Sarah Porter	Found on CNN 1 year ago
While Congress has stringent contribution limits, source prohibitions and disclosure requirements for legal defense funds of members of Congress, even these rules do not apply to family members who are not congressional employees. – Craig Holman	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
But congressional Republicans have refused to consider my comprehensive plan. – President Biden	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Earlier today, I spoke to the family of Tyre Nichols on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus to first extend our condolences to them, to let them know that we stand with them, to ask them what they want from us in this moment, to honor the legacy of their son, and to extend an invitation to them to be our guest at the State of the Union on February 7 so that we can make sure that this issue of police culture, culture of policing, which, unfortunately in this country has now contributed to countless deaths. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Former Vice President Mike Pence reached out today about classified documents found at his home in Indiana, he has agreed to fully cooperate with congressional oversight and any questions we have about the matter. Former Vice President Pence’s transparency stands in stark contrast to Biden White House staff who continue to withhold information from Congress and the American people. – James Comer	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It’s political vengeance, it’s too bad because that committee has always been a bipartisan committee, and he’s taking one of the most precious pieces of glassware in the congressional cabinet and smashing it, and the damage is going to be irreparable. – Eric Swalwell	Found on CNN 1 year ago
While I will be sidelined in Sarasota for several weeks, I will be carrying out as many of my congressional duties as possible, and our DC and district staff continue to be readily available to assist Floridians in FL-17. – Greg Steube	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Congressional Democrats walked away from their oversight responsibilities of getting to the bottom of how this happened, what they could do to prevent it, and even how much has fully been lost, leaving criminals to profit off the backs of taxpayers, republicans are committed to investigating fraud and conducting rigorous oversight on behalf of working families. – Jason Smith	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I kind of assumed he has made up about going to Baruch and NYU, but then I thought, well maybe I was wrong, you know, after the election because I’m sure the DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) and RNC (Republican National Committee) would’ve investigated him and at least his opponent would have done some opp (opposition) research. – Gregory Morey-Parker	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The people of the 3rd Congressional District indeed did not vote me to go there and be part of this nest fight. – George Santos	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I believe that the actions of both the House Ways and Means Committee and January 6thSelect Committee in the closing weeks of the year are more about accountability and the proper role of congressional oversight than any parting shots with GOP control on the horizon, there is a fine line between genuine fact findingand what the publicperceives as partisan oversight witch hunts that House Republicans will have to navigate in the new congress. – Kevin Walling	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Democrats are ending this session of Congress as they started it — by advancing partisan priorities and ignoring any issue inconvenient to their political narrative, they want to gaslight Americans into believing there is no crisis on the Southern border. They want to deny the reality of a looming debt crisis, mind-trick people into believing our supply chain issues are fixed, and preemptively thwart any attempt at legitimate Congressional oversight. Rather than find areas of bipartisan consensus, Democrats are instead prioritizing President Biden’s re-election prospects. This isn’t surprising, but it is disappointing. – Kevin Seifert	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We asked for the $3.5 billion. We’re going to continue to ask Congress … especially Congressional Republicans … to help us with what’s going on at the border if they are indeed serious about doing that. – Jon Michael Raasch	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
This budget is intended to show congressional Republicans how to frame the upcoming budget battles heading into the new year, show that balance can be achieved. – Russ Vought	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The new Republican majority needs to make a dramatic, concrete and credible statement that business as usual in Washington is over, is there a more powerful statement than to swear off the wasteful and corrupting practice of congressional earmarking? – Tom McClintock	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The railroads have the ability to fix this problem, if they would come to the table and do that, we could move forward without Congressional action. – Michael Baldwin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
If they would come to the table and do that, we could move forward without Congressional action. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Instead of working with Hunter Biden to address issues important to the American people, like lower costs, congressional Republicans ’ top priority is to go after President Biden with politically motivated attacks chock full of long-debunked conspiracy theories, hunter Biden is not going to let these political attacks distract Hunter Biden from focusing on Americans ’ priorities, and we hope congressional Republicans will join us in tackling them instead of wasting time and resources on political revenge. – Ian Sams	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I'm very comfortable saying I believe that every member of the Congressional Black Caucus would vote for Hakeem Jeffries. – Congressional Progressive Caucus	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Lee is doing a great job to make sure that he wins by a margin that he needs in downstate, but it is really upstate New York that’s going to have to turn out huge to get this done, my district, we’ve always had the highest congressional turnout, the last few cycles, of any congressional district in the state, and we’re going to work hard to do that again. – Kathy Hochul	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Voters spoke loudly in Virginia last year and I think this is a moment where now across the country in governors races and congressional races and senate races, voters will speak again. – Glenn Youngkin	Found on FOX News 1 year ago

I’m going to try to lead the fight on the Texas side, from a congressional aspect at least.

– Ronny Jackson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Does this allow us to do the things that the census is intended to do – voting rights, civil rights, allocation of congressional districts, race and ethnicity is central to the work of folks who are in those spaces.

– Mark Hugo Lopez

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is simple: the District of Columbia must be allowed to govern itself. Democrats’ commitment to home rule should apply regardless of the substance of the local legislation, this is why the Congressional Progressive Caucus and its members have endorsed D.C. statehood, with every CPC member cosponsoring D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton’s bill in the 117th Congress. Statehood is the only way to protect the 700,000 residents of the District from this kind of interference, we will continue to champion this cause.

– Pramila Jayapal

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These pre-compact rights are part of the whole knot that needs to be untangled here, (Congressional) legislation probably can’t do much about that, and I’m sure there would be litigation if it attempted to.

– Sarah Porter

Found on CNN
1 year ago

While Congress has stringent contribution limits, source prohibitions and disclosure requirements for legal defense funds of members of Congress, even these rules do not apply to family members who are not congressional employees.

– Craig Holman

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

But congressional Republicans have refused to consider my comprehensive plan.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Earlier today, I spoke to the family of Tyre Nichols on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus to first extend our condolences to them, to let them know that we stand with them, to ask them what they want from us in this moment, to honor the legacy of their son, and to extend an invitation to them to be our guest at the State of the Union on February 7 so that we can make sure that this issue of police culture, culture of policing, which, unfortunately in this country has now contributed to countless deaths.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Former Vice President Mike Pence reached out today about classified documents found at his home in Indiana, he has agreed to fully cooperate with congressional oversight and any questions we have about the matter. Former Vice President Pence’s transparency stands in stark contrast to Biden White House staff who continue to withhold information from Congress and the American people.

– James Comer

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It’s political vengeance, it’s too bad because that committee has always been a bipartisan committee, and he’s taking one of the most precious pieces of glassware in the congressional cabinet and smashing it, and the damage is going to be irreparable.

– Eric Swalwell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

While I will be sidelined in Sarasota for several weeks, I will be carrying out as many of my congressional duties as possible, and our DC and district staff continue to be readily available to assist Floridians in FL-17.

– Greg Steube

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Congressional Democrats walked away from their oversight responsibilities of getting to the bottom of how this happened, what they could do to prevent it, and even how much has fully been lost, leaving criminals to profit off the backs of taxpayers, republicans are committed to investigating fraud and conducting rigorous oversight on behalf of working families.

– Jason Smith

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I kind of assumed he has made up about going to Baruch and NYU, but then I thought, well maybe I was wrong, you know, after the election because I’m sure the DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) and RNC (Republican National Committee) would’ve investigated him and at least his opponent would have done some opp (opposition) research.

– Gregory Morey-Parker

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The people of the 3rd Congressional District indeed did not vote me to go there and be part of this nest fight.

– George Santos

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I believe that the actions of both the House Ways and Means Committee and January 6thSelect Committee in the closing weeks of the year are more about accountability and the proper role of congressional oversight than any parting shots with GOP control on the horizon, there is a fine line between genuine fact findingand what the publicperceives as partisan oversight witch hunts that House Republicans will have to navigate in the new congress.

– Kevin Walling

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Democrats are ending this session of Congress as they started it — by advancing partisan priorities and ignoring any issue inconvenient to their political narrative, they want to gaslight Americans into believing there is no crisis on the Southern border. They want to deny the reality of a looming debt crisis, mind-trick people into believing our supply chain issues are fixed, and preemptively thwart any attempt at legitimate Congressional oversight. Rather than find areas of bipartisan consensus, Democrats are instead prioritizing President Biden’s re-election prospects. This isn’t surprising, but it is disappointing.

– Kevin Seifert

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We asked for the $3.5 billion. We’re going to continue to ask Congress … especially Congressional Republicans … to help us with what’s going on at the border if they are indeed serious about doing that.

– Jon Michael Raasch

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

This budget is intended to show congressional Republicans how to frame the upcoming budget battles heading into the new year, show that balance can be achieved.

– Russ Vought

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The new Republican majority needs to make a dramatic, concrete and credible statement that business as usual in Washington is over, is there a more powerful statement than to swear off the wasteful and corrupting practice of congressional earmarking?

– Tom McClintock

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The railroads have the ability to fix this problem, if they would come to the table and do that, we could move forward without Congressional action.

– Michael Baldwin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If they would come to the table and do that, we could move forward without Congressional action.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Instead of working with Hunter Biden to address issues important to the American people, like lower costs, congressional Republicans ’ top priority is to go after President Biden with politically motivated attacks chock full of long-debunked conspiracy theories, hunter Biden is not going to let these political attacks distract Hunter Biden from focusing on Americans ’ priorities, and we hope congressional Republicans will join us in tackling them instead of wasting time and resources on political revenge.

– Ian Sams

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I'm very comfortable saying I believe that every member of the Congressional Black Caucus would vote for Hakeem Jeffries.

– Congressional Progressive Caucus

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Lee is doing a great job to make sure that he wins by a margin that he needs in downstate, but it is really upstate New York that’s going to have to turn out huge to get this done, my district, we’ve always had the highest congressional turnout, the last few cycles, of any congressional district in the state, and we’re going to work hard to do that again.

– Kathy Hochul

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Voters spoke loudly in Virginia last year and I think this is a moment where now across the country in governors races and congressional races and senate races, voters will speak again.

– Glenn Youngkin

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

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