Congressional Perks Quotes

For years President Obama has been saying that no one would lose their healthcare plan. Now the White House has admitted that in fact many people will lose their plans. But there is a way to keep the great coverage you have. Just become a member of Congress. Then the taxpayers pay for the whole thing.

There are hardly any private sector employees who get both a 401k and a pension. There's just no need that Congress should get both.

If a trip is worth taking, members of Congress should be prepared to justify paying for it out of their office accounts.

Our soldiers in combat should have the same insurance policies that the Congress has.

Staff expands to fill the office space available.... The basic obligation of Congress is to the tax payers, not to its own creature comforts.

What do we have for veterans? Government-run health care. I understand that. Congressmen and senators... they get five choices of government-run health care. Why should a congressman and senator get anything more than a regular citizen does? Why are they privileged and the rest of us aren't?

Americans want to have what members of Congress have: guaranteed health coverage.

It's wrong that members of Congress can purchase luxury airfare with taxpayer money when many families in my district and across the county are struggling to make ends meet.

By ending congressional taxpayer-funded pensions, we will take one more step toward draining the swamp in Washington.

I don't disagree with ending Congress' retirement program. I'm a governor; I don't have a retirement program in my state, and I don't disagree with that.

In place of a pay raise, we're going to enact legislation that will provide every senator and member of Congress at all times with an accountant and a clergyman.

The benefits that were offered to me as a congressman don't even compare to the benefits that you get as a state employee.