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This new process will ensure House Republicans have a strong, unified team to lead our conference and focus on the American people’s priorities.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We need to win the vote in the public first. … I didn't wake up and say, ‘Yeah, this was going to be cool.’ this new process will ensure House Republicans have a strong, unified team to lead our conference and focus on the American people’s priorities.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The fact remains that Secretary Clinton and the Obama administration have done everything they can to delay, derail, and stop this investigation, they've failed to turn over documents in a timely way, and their own actions have needlessly prolonged this panel's work.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
This investigation has never been about former Secretary of State Clinton and never will be, indeed, the Select Committee's very existence is only the result of the Obama administration's obstruction of routine congressional investigations and its failure to properly comply with subpoenas and document requests.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
After consulting with our conference, a large majority of our members have made clear they want these elections held next week. With their considerations in mind, the House leadership elections will take place on Thursday, Oct. 8.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The Bible says beware of false prophets. And there are people out there, you know, spreading noise about how much can get done. I mean this whole notion that we're going to shut down the government to get rid of Obamacare in 2013 -- this plan never had a chance.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The response to the Pope's visit has been overwhelming, not only from the public, but from the people who work in and around the Capitol every day.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Leadership comes with challenges. That's how it's been for me, that's how it's been for Republican and Democrat leaders long before me, the real challenges are the ones the American people are facing every day -- trying to get ahead and trying to take care of their own families. If we make that our focus, we can continue to get things done for the people that we serve.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The goal here is not to shut down the government. The goal is to stop these horrific practices of organizations selling baby parts, so that's the goal here.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
At this point I think the president has lost this debate with the American people.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The House wants to produce a long-term highway bill, we've got work to do and we need to buy some time in order to get that work done.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There's an investigation underway and I expect there will be hearings and as that process develops we'll make decisions based on the facts. Let's get the facts first.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's pretty clear given the number of days we're going to be here in September that we're going to have to do a (continuing resolution) of some sort, but no decisions have been made.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
While the president's Iran deal may have been applauded at the United Nations, I think he faces serious skepticism here at home, let me just assure you that members of Congress will ask much tougher questions this afternoon when we meet with the president's team, because a bad deal threatens the security of the American people.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
If you saw the video, It certainly didn't strike me that way, i could talk about the video, but I think I'd vomit trying to talk about it. It's disgusting.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Instead of stopping the spread of nuclear weapons in the Middle East, this deal is likely to fuel a nuclear arms race around the world.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The visit of Pope Francis to the U.S. Capitol is a historic moment for the country, given the unprecedented nature of his visit, Pope Francis' address to a joint meeting of Congress will be broadcast live to members of the public on the West Front of the Capitol.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
They are paying insurers out of an account that's never been appropriated and taking money from elsewhere in the law to do this. I think this violates the Constitution. It certainly violates Congress' prerogative to appropriate funds.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The law is broken. It's raising cost for American families, and we're going to continue our efforts to do everything we can to put the American people back in charge of their own healthcare and not the federal government.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Obamacare is fundamentally broken. Americans can't afford it.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Republicans did our part, and we remain committed to free trade because it is critical to creating jobs and growing our economy, i'm pleased that a bipartisan The House majority supported trade promotion authority. This is an opportunity for the Democratic Party to take stock and move forward in a constructive fashion on behalf of the American people.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Trade votes are never an easy lift around here, but Republicans are continuing to work, and we're seeing some positive momentum in the right direction.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
No one -- especially no president -- is above accountability to the Constitution and the rule of law.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Time and again, the President has chosen to rewrite the law whenever it suits him, ignoring the will of the American people and the Constitution itself, no one -- especially no president -- is above accountability to the Constitution and the rule of law.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The administration's decree to unilaterally expand federal authority is a raw and tyrannical power grab that will crush jobs, these leaders know firsthand that the rule is being shoved down the throats of hardworking people with no input, and places landowners, small businesses, farmers, and manufacturers on the road to a regulatory and economic hell.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
If they act, we'll take -- certainly look at what they do and make a decision about how to proceed.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The House had an overwhelmingly large vote for the USA Freedom Act. It's time for the Senate to act, i don't try to suggest what the Senate should or shouldn't do. But the Senate needs to act, and when they act, we'll get the next step.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think most departments around the country are moving toward body cameras, i think the states if they want to require it, (I’d be) more than happy to do so. We've got a lot of police grants that we already have on the books that can be used for this.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We can't do this by ourselves, every president over the last 50 years has had this (authority.) There is no reason why President Obama shouldn't have it either because trade is good for our country.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It's based on how I vote and what I do here. And frankly, the Congress on both sides of the aisle, I'd say 95% of the people here are good, honest, decent people trying to represent their constituents to the best of their ability, we live in an imperfect political system.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
And there's a lot of good ideas and a lot of bad ideas that float through here. But it's, in my view, a misconception of the so-called special interests.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Everybody's a special interest. When I get home, everybody I talk to has their own interest.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We spend more money on antacids than we do on politics.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
She can't sit on the sidelines and let the President swing in the wind here.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Now we're going to carry the bulk of the votes to get trade promotion authority done for the President.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Now listen, we've got the majority here in the House, in the Senate. But we can't do this by ourselves.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The fact is, the President needs her help in order to get Democrats, those in the House and Senate, to get this passed.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Every Democrat leader in the Congress is opposed to the president's position, now listen, we've got the majority here in the House, in the Senate. But we can't do this by ourselves.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think that if you look at what's happened over the course of the last year, you just have to scratch your head.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
At some point they just can't ignore the fact that there are a lot of public documents on the server that the American people have a right to see, and we believe it's time for Mrs. Clinton to turn that server and all those documents over to the inspector general at the State Department. Let them sort out what's official, what's private. I have no interest in what her private emails were.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Clearly we are assisting our allies who are involved in a struggle to keep the radical Houthis from taking control of all of Yemen, there's a lot of speculation about what may or may not be on this Iranian convoy. But I think having our ships in place is the right thing to do. Hopefully their involvement will not be needed.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Until The President gets serious about fighting the fight, until The President has a strategy that makes sense, there's no reason for us to give The President less authority than what The President has today. Which is what The President's asking for.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I hope that President Obama, if and when he has a conversation with the Cuban dictator during the Organization of American States summit, will take the opportunity to condemn this violence in the strongest possible terms and reaffirm that the United States should and must always stand on the side of human rights and democracy against Communist tyranny.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The bonds between the United States and Israel are as strong as ever. Our two countries cooperate on many different levels. And while we may have political disagreements from time to time, the bonds between our two nations are strong and they're going to continue to be strong.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
So it's not quite what I would describe as a victory lap.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
My visit there was planned months ago, so it's not quite what I would describe as a victory lap.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I had one goal, and that goal was to make sure that the American people heard and the Congress heard about the serious threat that Iran poses not only to the Middle East, but for the rest of the world. …. The speech that he gave was the clearest speech I have heard in 25 years about the real threats that face our country.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We should have kept the sanctions in place, so that we could have gotten to a real agreement, the sanctions are going to come, and they're going to come quick.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Listen, the sanctions were working, they would have never come to the table -- and frankly, we should have kept the sanctions in place so that we could have gotten to a real agreement. And the sanctions are going to come and they're going to come quick.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I just don't understand why we would sign an agreement with a group of people who, in my opinion, have no intention of keeping their word.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
There are serious issues and activities going on in the Middle East and I think it's critically important for members of Congress to hear from foreign leaders, other governments, other parts of their government, to get a real handle on the challenges that we face there.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think the animosity exhibited by our administration toward the prime minister of Israel is reprehensible, and I think that the pressure that they've put on him over the last four or five years have frankly pushed him to the point where he had to speak up.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Well, he doesn't have a partner, how do you have a two-state solution when you don't have a partner in that solution, when you don't have a partner for peace, when you've got a -- when the other state is vowing to wipe you off the face of the earth?
Found on CNN 9 years ago
If somebody's going to violate the rules, you know, they're going to violate the rules. And in almost every case, sooner or later, it catches up with you.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
With this decision, Rep. Schock has put the best interests of his constituents and the House first, i appreciate Aaron's years of service, and I wish him well in the future.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It has been, frankly, remarkable to me, the extent to which, over the last five or six weeks, the White House has attacked the prime minister, attacked me, for wanting to hear from one of our closest allies.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The animosity between the White House and the prime minister is no secret here in this town, but they certainly made it worse over the last five or six weeks, [The] only conflict here is between the White House and Israel.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The animosity between the White House and the prime minister is no secret in this town. But they've certainly made it worse in the last five weeks.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I've never seen anything like it. Everybody wants to be there, what I do wonder is why the White House feels threatened because the Congress wants to support Israel and wants to hear what a trusted ally has to say.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We're waiting to see what the Senate can or can't do, and then we'll make decisions about how we're going to proceed.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We passed a bill to fund the department six weeks ago. How many times do I have to say it?
Found on CNN 9 years ago
And that's why it's so important for the American people to hear what Prime Minister Netanyahu has to say about the grave threats that they're facing, so I'm glad the prime minister is coming and I'm glad that most of my colleagues, Democrats and Republicans, will be there to hear what he has to say.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The president's national security adviser says that it's destructive for the prime minister of Israel to address the United States Congress next week. I couldn't disagree more, the American people, and both parties in Congress, have always stood with Israel. Nothing and no one should get in the way of that.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
This has been an ongoing problem, members should make every attempt to appear in the chamber within the prescribed 15 minutes.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I wanted to make sure that there was no [White House] interference, i frankly didn’t want that getting in the way, quashing what I thought was a real opportunity.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Senate Democrats are the ones standing in the way, they're the ones jeopardizing funding, why don't they get on the bill or offer an amendment, offer their ideas.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
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