Tim Ryan Quotes

The House [of Representatives] has become not so much a legislative assembly as a huge panel from which committees are selected.

The basic work of Congress is done in committees.

I love serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, and I have especially enjoyed my time on the Ways and Means Committee.

In the 114th Congress, I had the privilege of serving on two of the most important Committees in the House of Representatives: the House Armed Services Committee and the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

I happened to have the privilege of serving in Congress. It will be 16 years at the end of this term. And I think I made a difference here on important issues.

Thousands of members of Congress have come and gone over the years, their individual achievements hidden in committee reports, private compromises, amendments pushed through or blocked, and innumerable, unnoticed meetings.

What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.

Congress is a collection of committees that come together in a Chamber periodically to approve one another's actions.

There isn't a guy [Congressman] up there [Capitol Hill] who knows what's in this bill.

You have 435 people in the United States House of Representatives trying to get along.

If things go right, maybe I'll chair the Appropriations Committee.

If becoming a member of Congress is like going to college, then crafting legislation is our homework.

I am a U.S. senator from North Carolina. I'm worried about doing the business on the Capitol Hill. I'm not going to get into the parlor games and the political discussions about a separate and co-equal branch.

I was a very, very good congressman.

Students of American history will recall that the important place where work gets done in the legislative body, almost without exception, is in the committees, more so than on the floor although sometimes more attention is paid to the floor.

I am chairman of the Africa subcommittee in the House of Representatives.

To go from chairman of the House Appropriations Committee in the Kansas Legislature to one of 50 on the Appropriations Committee and one of 435 in the whole House, it is more difficult to directly impact policy here.

I guess my claim to fame is I've now gaveled Ted Kennedy to order twice.

Mr. Dingell is just plain Mr. Dingell. And when he gets to be chairman of the Commerce Committee, he doesn't let it go to his head. However, he thinks he would be a very, very good chairman.

The Federal appropriations process is a marathon, not a sprint, and we are at the beginning of that process.

Serving in Congress has been the honor of a lifetime.

I've been in Parliament since 1983, and I've been involved in many issues over the time.

Serving in Congress has been more than an honor; it has been one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life... It has been a wonderful ride. It has been a wonderful journey.

You run Washington DC though the House. The Senate gets in the way. The President gets in the way.

I have found a reality in life, and that reality is the United States Congress.