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I've been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities to the fullest.

When it comes to helping make the country strong, we in Congress have an important role to play.

I have been a firm believer in the federal structure of our country as enshrined in the Constitution.

It's Congress' job to keep an eye on the other agencies and the workings of the entire government. It is our constitutional duty.

Historically, Congress hasn't paid much attention to the confines the Constitution establishes.

I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision.

The Congress is a power-oriented party.

Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less responsible to the majority.

The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial review; and it is not the less so because the Court promises to allow it only when the Constitution is moved to the left.

When you're elected to Congress, you take a vow to uphold the Constitution and its system of checks and balances. That vow doesn't say, 'Unless it's politically uncomfortable.'