One Congressman on the committee, speaking under the condition of anonymity because he's an illegal alien, said, "We don't see the downside of the post-season if you lose and get to go home.
One congressman, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told the New York Times: "Congress has the nexus to engage.
Back when the Clean Air Act was first being debated on the House floor, one Congressman quoted a small town mayor saying, "If you want this town to grow, it has got to stink".
McGwire and his attorney decided to employ a "rope-a-dope" strategy (to quote one congressman) during the hearings on steroid use by baseball players.
Clergy preached in hoodies from their pulpits and one congressman read scripture in a hoodie on the House of Representative floor.
Kaptur talked of one congressman who spent 90percentt of his time on the telephone fundraising.
In Congress, there had been grumbling about Mr. Rumsfeld's imperiousness, but when he and Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, updated members on the war 10 days ago, they received a "sustained, tumultuous standing ovation," one congressman said.
He added that would be a "crazy idea" for a lawmaker to skip the event, as at least one congressman has said he would do to protest the pope's views on addressing climate change.
One congressman speculated that Greene is actually a Republican plant.
I certainly would not agree with one congressman's assertion that it is treasonous.
"The food poisoning of people — is that just a cost of doing business?" one congressman asked.
