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Every Democrat on Capitol Hill professes to be a fiscal hawk.

~Bob Beauprez

Topics: Capitol Democrat Every Fiscal Hawk Hill

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At the White House, everybody works for the same person. They're all part of the same company. But on Capitol Hill, they're all independent contractors. They all work for themselves. That's a formula for getting news.

~Bob Schieffer

Topics: Capitol Company Contractors Everybody Formula Getting Hill House Independent News Part Person Same Themselves White White House Work Works

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There are still times when I am walking up, and I look at the Capitol, and I think, 'Oh my goodness.' Right now, I am kind of scared to go onto the floor and speak. Once I get used to it, though, they probably won't be able to keep me off there.

~Bobby Schilling

Topics: Able Am Capitol Floor Get Go Goodness Keep Kind Look Me Now Off Oh Once Onto Right Scared Speak Still Think Though Times Up Used Walking I Think I Am

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And if this House is to be scared, by whatever influences, from its duty, to receive and hear the petitions of the People, then I shall send my voice beyond the walls of this Capitol for redress.

~Caleb Cushing

Topics: Beyond Capitol Duty Hear House Influences People Receive Redress Scared Send Shall Then Voice Walls Whatever

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When I was 16, 17 years old, I became aware of music coming out of Olympia, Wash., which is the state capitol and about an hour south of Seattle. And there were bands like Bikini Kill and Bratmobile and Heavens To Betsy, and for the first time, I heard my story being explained to me, being sung to me.

~Carrie Brownstein

Topics: About About An Hour Aware Bands Became Being Bikini Capitol Coming Explained First First Time Heard Heavens Hour Like Me Music Old Out Seattle South State Story Sung Time Wash Were Which Years

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If you look at the architecture of Washington, D.C., it is not by mistake that the dome over the Capitol is the very center of the federal city. The White House and the Supreme Court are set about us, satellites to the supreme power of the people expressed in the legislative authority of Congress.

~Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers

Topics: About Architecture Authority Capitol Center City Congress Court Dome Expressed Federal House Legislative Look Mistake Over People Power Satellites Set Supreme Supreme Court Us Very Washington White White House You

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I would have loved to be the designer of the Capitol of the United States. I would love to do some important major public building.

~Cesar Pelli

Topics: Building Capitol Designer Important Love Loved Major Public Some States United United States Would

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Students who learn to collaborate and negotiate - on Capitol Hill, in the board room, in everyday life - will outperform peers who have higher test scores.

~Charles Best

Topics: Board Capitol Collaborate Everyday Everyday Life Higher Hill Learn Life Negotiate Peers Room Scores Students Test Test Scores Who Will

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It is an honor to join my former colleague in Congress, Jim McCrery, and the very talented team at Capitol Counsel.

~Charles Boustany

Topics: Capitol Colleague Congress Counsel Former Honor Jim Join Talented Team Very

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The last time I saw Ted Kennedy was a generation after my first meeting, at the Senate subway below the Capitol on Obama's Inauguration Day. He was his usual gregarious and gracious self - with beaming smile and booming voice wishing my husband and me good luck with our pregnancy and expressing his excitement about the new president.

~Christine Pelosi

Topics: About After Below Booming Capitol Day Excitement Expressing First Generation Good Good Luck Gracious Gregarious He His Husband Inauguration Kennedy Last Last Time Luck Me Meeting New Obama Our Pregnancy President Saw Self Senate Smile Subway Ted Time Usual Voice Wishing

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