“No law can give Congress a backbone if it refuses to stand off as the coequal branch the Constitution made it.” IfsGivingMadeLawConstitutionCongressRefuseAssMade ItBranchesBad AssBackbone Author:Trey Gowdy
“What do we do with a president who can basically change what Congress passed by attaching a letter saying I don't agree with this part or that part?” PresidentLettersAgreeCongressAssBad Ass Author:Trey Gowdy
“Members of Congress are incredibly blessed and fortune to have the jobs that we have. Nobody makes us run. Every two years we offer for public office, and if you don't want to do it then don't run. But the notion that you can make $174,000 in this country and be underpaid is laughable.” IfsWantYearsTwoCountryRunningJobsOffersMembersOfficeBlessedFortuneNotionCongressAssTwo YearsBad AssBadassPublic OfficeLaughableUnderpaid Author:Trey Gowdy
“It's really beneath the office of a member of Congress to say something that outrageous. The fact that she was once the Speaker is mind-numbing, honestly... mind-numbingly stupid.” MindFactsStupidMembersOfficeCongressHonestlyAssSpeakersBad AssOutrageousNumbing Author:Trey Gowdy
“Congress is supposed to provide oversight, the voters are supposed to provide oversight. And you [the media] were supposed to provide oversight. That's why you have special liberties and that's why you have special protections.” LibertySpecialMediaCongressProtectionAssVotersBad AssOversight Author:Trey Gowdy
“There's a reason that students don't grade their own papers. There's a reason defendants don't sentence themselves. And there's the reason the State Department doesn't get to investigate itself, determine whether or not it made errors in Benghazi. That is Congress's job.” MadeStatesReasonJobsStudentsPaperErrorsCongressDetermineSentencesDepartmentGradesPapersBenghazi Author:Trey Gowdy