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