Jeb Hensarling Quotes

If you're not comfortable with delay, frustration and impatience, get out of the Senate. It's the nature of the institution, but I think we've taken it to an art form.

Many times, the Senate talks of things and never gets anything through.

Congress is almost totally dysfunctional right now. All we've done this year and my first year in the Senate ... is barely keep the doors open.

The wheels of compromise lose traction as Congress sinks into an ooze of dysfunction.

Congress seems to be very good at doing nothing.

We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can.

There is a problem in Washington, and the problem is bigger than a continuing resolution. It is bigger than Obamacare. It is even bigger than the budget. The most fundamental problem and the frustration is that the men and women in Washington aren't listening.

And I'm here to tell you, the reaction that I'm getting around the country, people are sick and tired of this word in Washington, compromise. This is why nothing ever gets done.

In our political system it’s easier to block action than to act.

One of the reasons Americans hold Washington in such low regard is the perception that nothing ever gets done. Whatever the issue - no matter how urgent - they always seem to be 'working on it.'

We have a paralysis in Washington that's not serving our country. We have to address these issues.

The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, leaving our future in jeopardy.

In our system of government, an opposition party doesn't have the ability to pass legislation, but it has the ability to massively screw things up.

I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision.

What's going on in the Senate is kind of a politics of escalation. We're getting sort of like the Mideast: pay back everybody when you're in charge.

We've gotten to the point now where Republicans and Democrats have nothing in common besides being members of the 'caustic caucus,' and we can't get anything done.

You can see how dysfunctional this Congress is.

I've found that sitting around and obsessing about projects moving forward, when there's actually nothing I can do about it, at a certain point, is really counter-productive.

Obama has offered no solutions; his Democratic majority in the Senate has failed to produce a budget in 1,200 days; and they have both obstructed the Republicans' proposed remedies.

There are moments when you feel that the desire to work is fading, and the only way to bring it back is to get away from it, to put yourself in a state of frustration so you feel the need again.

Ohio's doing what it can do, but I wish they'd get their act together in Washington.

The frustration of the Senate is that it's slow. It looks like an aquarium.

If I have to invade the sacred precincts of the White House to find out what is behind this paralysis of the Senate, I will.

In the United States Senate we have to break the culture of procrastination.

The attitude of the Senate toward public affairs makes all serious negotiations impossible.