Zitat des Tages über Kongressabgeordnete / Congressman:
Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father.
The benefits that were offered to me as a congressman don't even compare to the benefits that you get as a state employee.
No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
I supported my friend Congressman Shuler over former Speaker Nancy Pelosi during our party's leadership elections in November citing a need for new leadership.
You know that I am living proof that the American Dream is real. Growing up, our congressman cut through government bureaucratic red tape to help my mom buy our first house. That's the kind of congressman I'll be.
I was sent down to Cuba. Everything had been prepared with the help of Congressman Johnson and his staff.
The Congressman ascertained that the consulate in Havana had numbers to feed the pigs.
At a time when special interest money is being showered on legislators in Washington, grassroots donors offer members of Congress a refreshing independence. The $25 and $50 donor is not looking for special favors. He or she is simply expecting their Congressman to go do the right thing.
I would rather be known as 'Jim Kolbe, the trade expert in Congress who happens to be gay,' rather than 'Jim Kolbe, gay congressman from Arizona.'
When I was introduced to Johnson he was a freshman Congressman.
I just want to be a really good congressman. You should look at what you are today and be the very best you can.
My constituents say, 'Congressman, have you balanced the budget?' And I'm going to say, 'Well, we're working on it.' And they are going to say, 'Well, Congressman, did you get rid of Fannie and Freddie?' And I'm going to say, 'Well, we're working on it.'
As a matter of fact, if you do not take into account, as Congressman Ross just stated, the Social Security surplus, our fiscal deficit, ladies and gentlemen, is over $700 billion today.
There was nothing exceptional about growing up as the son of a congressman.
Tom McMillen was a three-term congressman from Maryland. He is the tallest member of Congress. Period. He's 6'11''.
If I can go from burglar for the government to talk show host, you can go from entertainer to congressman.
I was introduced to Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson. The young Congressman was very friendly.
It's amazing to me that people have any interest in such a low-level sex scandal. If I were sleeping with a congressman, maybe, but I'm a nobody and the people I'm writing about are nobodies.
A democratically elected congressman of the United States of America should not be talking of an ethnic divide in Afghanistan, should not be interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs.
I am proud of the fact the community elected a congressman who was born and raised in the community. I am trying my best to be successful for the community.
I am looking forward to working with Congressman Hobson and Vorys Advisors to help Ohio businesses and organizations achieve their goals and objectives.
I grew up with a very privileged background. My father served as one of the cabinet ministers in Arroyo's government, and he's been a congressman for many years, and he's running again.
If I were a congressman who had voted for the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, I'd claim it was forced on our country by a sinister international organization.
So, the point I'm making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it's the job of every congressman and senator is to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.
You've got to do the same sort of outreach to Hispanics that you do to any other group. They want to see their congressman.
Our dad was just a congressman for 27 years, and if you live in Washington, D.C., everybody's dad works for the government. We grew up just like everyone else.
What kind of government is this? This is a human being. This is not right, and I'm telling everybody you better call your congressman, because they're going to run your life.
President Obama is closing the prescription drug doughnut hole. He strengthened Medicare! He extended the life of the program by eight years. And what Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan won't admit is that their plan would require current seniors to pay, on average, $600 more each year for prescription drugs.
I have the greatest respect and admiration for Congressman Issa, but I don't intend to be Darrell Issa-like.
I never translated from my days in the Navy to being a congressman.
Henry M. Jackson, congressman and senator from 1941 until his death in 1983, achieved far greater renown than most legislators, ran for president in 1972 and 1976, and was for much of the 1970s and 1980s one of the most powerful men in America.
I think Gov. Romney and Congressman Ryan are living in a fairly tale land on their energy policy.
Trust is something I know has to be earned whether you're a husband, a father, or a congressman.
You can't take a congressman to lunch for $25 and buy him a hamburger or a steak or something like that. But you can take him to a fund-raising lunch and not only buy him that steak, but give him $25,000 extra and call it a fund-raiser - and have all the same access and all the same interactions with that congressman.
A president's power is limited. We need to vote down the ballot as well, from your councilman all the way up to your governors and congressman.
I met a congressman who claimed that he could introduce me to two people who saw Amelia Earhart.