Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens--and then everybody disagrees.

Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens--and then everybody disagrees.

Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations read more

Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment.

I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most read more

I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America!

The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with read more

The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour.

If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session read more

If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom read more

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a

Don't try to go too fast. Learn your job. Don't ever talk until you know what you're talking about.... If read more

Don't try to go too fast. Learn your job. Don't ever talk until you know what you're talking about.... If you want to get along, go along.

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else.

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else.