Sentence examples for congress to represent from inspiring English sources

He was elected to Congress to represent the sprawling 3rd Congressional District in 1982 and undertook special missions for President Bill Clinton in the mid-90's like negotiating the release of American hostages in North Korea and Iraq.

Last week, the residents of Washington, D.C., with its majority black population, came remarkably close to realizing a goal they have sought for decades — a voting member of Congress to represent them.

When Mr. Emanuel was elected to Congress to represent much of the North Side in 2002, he received vast support from patronage armies of city workers loyal to Mr. Daley.

He served on the City Council from 1962 to 1966, when he was elected to Congress to represent the Upper East Side, filling a vacancy left when John V. Lindsay became mayor of New York City, and remained in Congress until 1969, when he became a justice of New York's State Supreme Court.

Mike Quigley was elected to Congress to represent Illinois' 5th District on April 7 , 2009

I wish the folks we send to Congress to represent us knew more American history -- or chose to remember it.

After his release last year, he formed the Arab Political Council to represent Sunni Arabs in Kirkuk.

I'm here to run for the Senate to represent New York.

In the board-conducted election, umpires voted by 57-35 for the Major League Umpires Independent Organizing Committee to represent them.

The publisher recently signed with Creative Artists Agency to represent the gang in Hollywood.

Alice's parents have asked civil rights group Liberty to represent them at the forthcoming inquest.