Sentence examples for congresses i from inspiring English sources

When Nancy Pelosi first became speaker, she joked, "After giving away the gavel in the last two Congresses, I'm glad someone else had the honour today".

Few people participated in both congresses—I myself being one of them.

That is why in past Congresses I have introduced the Stop Outsourcing Security (SOS) Act to phase out the use of for-profit contractors for "mission-critical" tasks in conflict zones, and why I look forward to reintroducing this important legislation in this Congress.

Every one at the congress I spoke to mentioned his name in hushed tones.

When I first went to Brasília to talk to congress, I discovered that out of five hundred and thirteen members of congress there were only two workers.

On the need to push through stalled money-laundering laws in congress: "I think money laundering is giving oxygen to organized crime.

Having recently returned from São Paulo, where my husband participated in an international congress, I think it's important to advise visitors of the city's rampant crime.

"We literally have members of Congress—I've heard members of the House say, 'We've had all this innovation on the Internet without net neutrality.

This is now: Item: Since my dinner with Milton Friedman, a Republican president and Republicans in Congress–I repeat, Republicans enacted a prescription drug benefit that represents the biggest expansion of the welfare state since the Great Society.

Using a bit of theatre, as 'Keeper' of this congress I guided our backcasting through the demographic, social and technological game-changers since 2013.

To find out where this military funding could and should go if Trump actually secures it this budget remains a mere proposal, requiring passage by Congress—I talked to Adam Routh and Paul Scharre at the Center for a New American Security, a public policy think tank in Washington, DC, focused on the military.