Congress Quotations | Page 3

I would be very surprised to see Congress taking a big whack at this.

I would give this Congress a B for achievement, a D for behavior and the overall assessment of incomplete,

I would ask you to avoid the temptation to chip away at our promised funding and divert it to the other states. Congress has the ability to appropriate funding to them without undermining the president's promise to us.

The slave power dares anything, and it can be conquered only by the united masses of the people. From Congress to the people, I appeal.

We regret that the Congress party has come forward to make friendship with America.

This raises huge questions about the authorities of States and Tribes to access the best scientific data and manage a regional resource. Congress was clear 26 years ago when it passed the Northwest Power Act laying out the roles and responsibilities of tribes and federal and state fishery agencies. If this stands, it says that any member of Congress, behind closed doors, can undo a decades-long effort with words hidden in a legislative report.

This proposal will have little impact on the deficit, ... If Congress is serious, we should put together a deficit reduction package that freezes COLAs government-wide, including Congress.

I don't know that this is going to happen, but I expect that something specific would be asked of Congress before an overt action would occur, barring an emergency.

I don't know that there's a sense of urgency among members of Congress to address it. I don't think there are any plans among the pro-life coalition to push for Congress to intervene.

While many members of Congress have some reservations, members of Congress by and large have decided this is the right thing to do at the right time. But now he must take this to the public,