Congressional Interaction Quotes

What do members of Congress say to each other every Wednesday? Have a nice weekend!

We do not engage in lobbying as such. However, I do make contact with members of Congress when requested to do so.

There's no assigned seats in the House. I spent the first couple months just getting to know my Congress. So I kind of wander around.

There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous.

In the days of Joseph [Smith] it was considered a great privilege to be permitted to speak to a member of Congress, but twenty-six years will not pass away before the Elders of this Church will be as much thought of as the kings on their thrones.

An old theory holds that air conditioning ruined Congress. Members no longer had to flee the Washington heat to spend the summer back home. The long vacation forced them to bond with their constituents.

I am loathe to proceed with recommendations to the Congress until I can have an opportunity to confer with you personally.

I believe that our office has clearly been the leader in building coalitions, in getting other universities across the contrary to interact more effectively with the government and particularly the Congress.