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This is a basic function of Congress to keep the government running. And so, what we ought not to do is play politics with those who have been affected by disasters.

~David Plouffe

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And so whether it's failing to move forward on the Dream Act, failing to move forward on putting teachers back to work, failing to do all the things we could do right now to help the economy and middle class, this Congress is just saying no.

~David Plouffe

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Our opponent and many in Congress criticized our decision to end the Iraq war.

~David Plouffe

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I have also come to understand Congress' need for a bipartisan as well as a partisan capacity.

~David Price

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Congress needs strong parties, but it also needs the capacity to deal with budget and entitlement challenges that are likely beyond the reach of pure partisan exertion.

~David Price

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While Congress did not, to my knowledge, calculate aggregate dollar values for the nationwide effects of racial discrimination in 1964, in 1994 it did rely on evidence of the harms caused by domestic violence and sexual assault, citing annual costs of $3 billion in 1990 and $5 to $10 billion in 1993.

~David Souter

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Congress has the power to legislate with regard to activity that, in the aggregate, has a substantial effect on interstate commerce.

~David Souter

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When Congress exercises the powers delegated to it by the Constitution, it may impose affirmative obligations on executive and judicial officers of state and local governments as well as ordinary citizens.

~David Souter

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The Brady Act was passed in response to what Congress described as an 'epidemic of gun violence.'

~David Souter

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If Congress is unable to do its job and pass a federal budget, then I do not believe we should receive a salary.

~David Valadao

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