Harry Reid Quotes on Congress (11 Quotes)

Last year, Congress overwhelmingly called on President Bush to make 2006 a year of significant transition to full Iraqi sovereignty. The domestic public relations campaign waged by the White House and the new round of presidential speeches does not advance that goal.

a champion for the underdog who was the same kind, gracious man no matter how far he rose in Congress and in life.

It's a program where the lobbyists paid and Republican members of Congress played.

I was kind of upset. He's blaming all this on Congress, and then he has the audacity to say what limited money he's helped us get, put it all on Louisiana. That's not fair. I'm very, very disappointed.

An investigation of the Republican administration by a Republican-controlled Congress is like having a pitcher call his own balls and strikes.

Congress has an immediate opportunity to pass legislation enabling both companies to keep pension plans for workers in place.

In the past year, Americans have been shocked and some certainly disgusted by revelations of corruption to our system. It has shaken public confidence in the Congress and our entire federal government.

I hope the president and his administration will act swiftly to provide the Congress with damage assessments so that we can provide immediate relief to the people of the Gulf Coast. We must not waste any time in giving these families the resources they need.

This is unacceptable. I join my Democratic colleagues in demanding that these oil executives by brought back to the Congress, sworn in, and forced to testify again about their involvement with Vice President Cheney's secretive energy task force and all of the issues covered in the hearing,

I join my Democratic colleagues in demanding that these oil executives be brought back to Congress, sworn in and forced to testify again.

While the Bush administration continues to stonewall the Congress from finding the truth about the manipulation of prewar intelligence, Democrats will continue to press for a full airing of the facts.