"You can't repeal human nature by an Act of Congress."
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"Congress constitutionally lacks general police powers."
"We can't change the way Washington works unless we first change how Congress works."
"We can't wait for Congress to do its job. So where they won't act, I will."
"Do something, Congress. Do anything."
"Granting such immunity undermines the constitutional protections Americans trust the Congress to protect."
"I could say, as a member of Congress, we usually get an alert if something is going to happen at the Capitol."
"Serving in Congress is like having a second shot at high school."
"I know that Congress will do the right thing."
"When I first ran for Congress in 1998, people counted me out."
"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."
"Oh, if only I could be President and Congress, too, just for ten minutes."
"Congress has scarcely any thing to employ them, and complain that the place [Washington, D.C.] is remarkably dull."
"I have a reputation for being the hardest working person in Congress."
"Anybody that brings up amnesty in this Congress, we need to just take the scarlet 'A' for amnesty and pin it on them."
"It's not fair to say that Congress spends money like a drunk sailor. At least the sailor is spending his own money!"
"You can go into the Library of Congress and find information on just about anything, but that doesn't do you much good unless you know what you are looking for."
"As a Member of Congress, I've continued my family's tradition of focusing on education."