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In 2010 and 2012, I won the Democratic nomination in the 22nd Congressional District on the program 'Save NASA Impeach Obama,' without any organizational or financial backing from the party.
Kesha Rogers
Financial
Party
Backing
Obama
District
Democratic
Nomination
Without
NASA
Won
Any
Organizational
Congressional
Program
Save
I was with - he wasn't the president then, but - Barack Obama, when he was running, in Washington, during Black Congressional Caucus Weekend, and did a panel about global warming with him. It was almost as if I switched careers for a while, and became a political activist.
Lawrence Bender
Political
Black
President
Panel
Obama
Running
About
Weekend
He
Almost
Global
Global Warming
Him
Became
Caucus
Did
While
Barack
Barack Obama
Warming
Then
Congressional
Washington
Activist
Switched
Careers
I am most grateful for having bad eyesight, which prevented me from becoming a commercial pilot and instead, led me to having the best job in the world - representing the people of California's 47th Congressional District.
Loretta Sanchez
Best
Me
Grateful
People
World
Pilot
Job
Bad
Eyesight
District
Having
Instead
Most
California
Becoming
Am
Led
Commercial
Representing
Which
Congressional
I am a senior Democratic Member of Congress whose parents were born in Puerto Rico and for whom Puerto Rico self-determination has been - and remains - a central issue of my congressional career.
Luis Gutierrez
Parents
Congress
Member
Has-Been
Born
Remains
Self-Determination
Democratic
Am
Issue
Were
Been
Senior
Central
Congressional
Rico
Whom
Whose
Puerto
Puerto Rico
Career
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has been clear that deporting young people who have lived in the U.S. for years and were brought here through no fault of their own as children should not be the targets of deportation.
Luis Gutierrez
People
Fault
Own
Young
Has-Been
Brought
Through
Clear
Caucus
Were
Been
Years
Hispanic
Targets
Children
Deportation
Young People
Should
Congressional
Who
Lived
Here
Every congressional committee that does an investigation has documents, papers and things that it collects in the course of that investigation - the backup to everything it does.
M. Stanton Evans
Every
Everything
Papers
Backup
Investigation
Documents
Course
Does
Committee
Congressional
Things
As a member of the House Armed Services Committee and the Congressional Joint Strike Fighter Caucus, I have been a staunch supporter of the production of the F-35 since day one and understand the importance of its production for my fellow Texans and our nation's security.
Marc Veasey
Day
Nation
Fighter
Our
Strike
Member
Security
Staunch
Joint
Day One
Supporter
Since
Armed
Armed Services
Importance
House
Fellow
Understand
Caucus
Been
Texans
Committee
Production
Congressional
Services
As a founder and most senior member of the CBC, John Conyers has been an advocate for the Congressional Black Caucus and a respected leader in the House of Representatives.
Marcia Fudge
Black
Leader
Respected
Member
Has-Been
John
Most
House
House Of Representatives
Advocate
Caucus
Been
Senior
Representatives
Congressional
Founder
The Office of Congressional Ethics was created to provide more transparency in the House of Representatives. It was a commendable goal.
Marcia Fudge
Ethics
More
House
House Of Representatives
Provide
Goal
Commendable
Office
Representatives
Created
Transparency
Congressional
I don't think anybody, regardless of tragic circumstances, can expect to come to a congressional hearing and take it over with a series of interruptions.
Matt Gaetz
Think
Circumstances
Take
Over
Come
Hearing
Tragic
Expect
Anybody
Regardless
Congressional
Series
Interruptions
Tax reform has been a congressional priority for decades. It should be a bipartisan issue. I don't know why anyone in Congress would want their constituents to pay more.
Matt Gaetz
Pay
Congress
Has-Been
Would
Constituents
More
Know
Priority
Issue
Been
Reform
Decades
Tax
Want
Anyone
Tax Reform
Should
Congressional
Why
Bipartisan
John Boehner is the ultimate Beltway hack, a man whose unmatched and self-serving skill at political survival has made him, after two decades in Washington, the hairy blue mold on the American congressional sandwich.
Matt Taibbi
Man
Survival
Political
Made
Unmatched
John
Hack
Hairy
Him
Ultimate
Self-Serving
Decades
American
Blue
After
Sandwich
Skill
Mold
Congressional
Washington
Whose
Two
If Congress can strip the federal courts of jurisdiction over school prayer cases, there is no provision in the Constitution immune from congressional tampering.
Max Baucus
Prayer
Constitution
School
Congress
Strip
Immune
Cases
Federal
Over
Courts
Provision
Jurisdiction
Congressional
Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.
Melvin Maddocks
Giving
Jazz
Honorary
Approval
Like
Boy
Boy Scout
Making
Scout
Little
Congressional
Seal
Well, I mean, Congress did originally set the formula for the state grants, and they guaranteed every state a minimum formula. So that was a congressional decision.
Michael Chertoff
Decision
Congress
Every
State
Minimum
Well
Did
Formula
Mean
Grants
Congressional
Originally
Set
Guaranteed
We've got activists all across the country like the members of the Million Mom March organization, some of their leaders are here tonight. We're phone banking congressional offices and pursuing editorial boards.
Michael D. Barnes
Mom
Phone
Organization
Country
Members
Some
Pursuing
Leaders
Like
Got
Editorial
Offices
Banking
Boards
Across
Congressional
Activists
March
Million
Here
Tonight
I didn't just want to be a poster boy and sign on to publicize somebody else's method of operations. If I was going to put myself out there, I wanted to make sure that it was to an end. So I got involved with this congressional hearing about Parkinson's being underfunded.
Michael J. Fox
Myself
Somebody
Else
Sign
Out
Poster
Poster Boy
About
Parkinson
Put
Involved
Make
Sure
Operations
Boy
Got
Method
Hearing
End
Going
Just
Being
Want
Wanted
Congressional
Texas' and America's farmers are suffering. As the Member of Congress representing the 10th Congressional District of Texas, I have traveled throughout our area and have seen first-hand how the drought has affected our agricultural communities.
Michael McCaul
Suffering
Seen
Congress
Our
Member
District
Area
Throughout
Drought
First-Hand
How
Affected
Texas
America
Representing
Communities
Farmers
Congressional
Agricultural
Traveled
Even if Koch Industries had a financial interest in the Keystone XL pipeline, what possibly could be wrong with that? Perhaps more important, under what circumstances would such an interest be worthy of a congressional inquisition?
Mike Pompeo
Financial
Important
Keystone
Inquisition
Circumstances
Possibly
Worthy
Would
More
Could
Had
Wrong
Perhaps
Industries
Pipeline
Interest
Congressional
Even
Alabama seniors all across the Third Congressional District continue facing high drug costs.
Mike Rogers
Seniors
High
District
Costs
Facing
Continue
Across
Congressional
Alabama
Third
I believe that successfully addressing our national security needs while protecting our basic freedoms and civil liberties requires continual Congressional oversight, and I will continue to work to assert the role of this body in carrying out this grave responsibility.
Patrick J. Kennedy
Work
Needs
Will
Responsibility
National
Believe
Our
Addressing
Liberties
Out
Security
Carrying
Civil
Civil Liberties
Freedoms
Protecting
Continue
Oversight
Role
National Security
While
Body
Requires
Successfully
Congressional
Assert
Grave
Basic
Moreover, as the leadership of the House confirmed last year, the Administration remains opposed to a congressional resolution on the Armenian Genocide due to Turkish objections. This approach sends absolutely the wrong signal to Turkey and to the rest of the world.
Patrick J. Kennedy
Leadership
Genocide
World
Rest
Year
Approach
Signal
Administration
Objections
Moreover
Remains
Absolutely
Wrong
Armenian
Armenian Genocide
House
Due
Opposed
Sends
Confirmed
Turkey
Turkish
Congressional
Last
Resolution
Last Year
We absolutely need to reform the Congressional budget-writing process.
Patrick McHenry
Absolutely
Reform
Process
Congressional
Need
Administrator McCarthy committed perjury and made several false statements at multiple congressional hearings and as a result, is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors - an impeachable offense.
Paul Gosar
Result
Made
Crimes
Statements
Several
Guilty
High
Administrator
Perjury
False
Offense
Committed
McCarthy
Congressional
Multiple
108 members of congress have signed onto my Resolution of No Confidence in Attorney General Holder as a first step towards recognizing that he must be held accountable for the actions of his department and for his personal unwillingness to cooperate with congressional oversight requests.
Paul Gosar
Confidence
First
Congress
Signed
Members
Recognizing
Must
General
Onto
He
Step
Towards
Attorney
Attorney General
First Step
His
Oversight
Accountable
Department
Personal
Holder
Requests
Held
Congressional
Actions
Cooperate
Resolution
The Trump administration launched the cruise missile strikes in Syria, an act of war, without a U.N. resolution or Congressional authorization.
Peter Bergen
War
Strikes
Syria
Administration
Cruise
Missile
Without
Trump
Authorization
Act
Congressional
Resolution
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