Being whip is working with members, educating them, and trying to move legislation forward.

The gun legislation was doomed the minute it became associated with the words common sense.

I've introduced legislation to say, "For right now, let's stop it," from about 34 countries.

Tax reform exists, sort of, as an outline - miles away from being actual passed legislation.

If anyone tells you that you cannot legislate morality, remeber that legislation IS morality.

If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.

The piece of legislation that I'm so excited and delighted to be doing is shared parental leave.

Politics, to a degree, is about legislation, administration. You can't be there in the trenches.

Legislation won't necessarily start a riot. But the right song can make someone pick up a chair.

Surveillance legislation passed in good faith has been stretched well beyond its original purpose.

If I am elected to Congress, I plan to introduce legislation tying Congressional pay to performance.

I think we have to be more forward-looking when considering any legislation dealing with technology.

A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders.

I've taken legislation that people have been trying to pass for 10 or 15 years, and I got it passed.

Illinois then had no legislation providing compensation for accident or disease caused by occupation.

If becoming a member of Congress is like going to college, then crafting legislation is our homework.

I demonstrated through my work that I can rally other people to support legislation and get it passed.

Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.

The erosion of personal freedom and liberty as a result of federal policy and legislation is alarming.

The Clean Energy Jobs legislation will provide predictability and certainty for large carbon emitters.

As members of Congress, we have to pursue the Congressional Review Act legislation as soon as possible.

I'm a progressive. The progression has to be manifested in a new direction in policies and legislation.

The Bush administration staunchly opposed legislation which would preserve overtime pay for all workers.

As I've learned in my time in the state legislature, important legislation is always a work in progress.

Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states.

The true Church preaches REGENERATION; not reformation, not education, not legislation, but regeneration.

It's incumbent upon all members of Congress to support legislation that keeps us safe at home and abroad.

Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.

I will continue to support legislation that provides American families and Seniors affordable health care.

I don't believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on abortion.

There’s no legislation with regards to abortion that I’m familiar with that would become part of my agenda.

I will support legislation that benefits the American worker and prevents the outsourcing of American jobs.

The state treasurer has authority to weigh in and take leadership roles on taxing and spending legislation.

I'm tired of just introducing legislation that's just not going to change our lives. It's going beyond that.

I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation.

In 1996, Republicans used reconciliation to pass major legislation that ended six decades of welfare policy.

The Knesset has balances that will not allow it to pass legislation that would destroy democracy from within.

I'm the only P.M. of which that can be said - 'His legislation was never declared invalid in the High Court.'

Maybe I was naive, but I thought the whole point of being an MP was to scrutinise legislation and improve it.

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result, so the country will accept it.

Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account.

A territory cannot become a state or a nation unless Congress approves legislation and the president signs it.

The U.K. has some of the toughest legislation on hate crime in the world, and it is there to keep us all safe.

Legislation to level the playing field for working families is dead on arrival in the Citizens United Congress.

The most numerous objects of legislation belong to the States. Those of the National Legislature [are] but few.

Legislation on Lyme disease, weather patterns, helping farmers, helping veterans - these are not partisan issues.

We've got to pass legislation which will allow people to have access to competent counsel no matter who they are.

A lot of so-called rich, according to this legislation, make $250,000. That's a lot of money, but it is not rich.

I support marriage equality and oppose legislation that defines marriage as only being between a man and a woman.

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