A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
国会
Congress
We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation.
我们不是作为一个超级立法机构来衡量立法的智慧。
From early on, everything I did was calculated to being elected to Congress.
从一开始，我所做的一切都是为了当选国会议员。
Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.
太多的批评人士把国会的审议工作错当成了它的决定。
Being elected to Congress is regarded as being sent on a looting raid for one's friends.
当选国会议员被认为是被派去抢劫朋友。
Is it any wonder, why the approval ratings of the Congress go up every time we go into recess?
为什么每次我们休会时国会的支持率都会上升?
Remember, the Congress doesn't get as many opportunities to make an impression with the public.
请记住，国会没有那么多的机会给公众留下印象。
I am a very lucky guy. I can testify before Congress. I can raise funds. I can raise awareness.
我是一个非常幸运的人。我可以在国会作证。我可以筹集资金。我可以提高意识。
I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.
我选择了运河区，让国会进行辩论;争论还在继续，运河也在继续。
Congress would exclude slavery from any territory that in the future might be acquired from Mexico.
国会将把奴隶制排除在未来可能从墨西哥获得的任何领土之外。
I am not a proponent of the death penalty, but I will enforce the law as this Congress gives it to us.
我不是死刑的支持者，但我将按照本届国会的要求执行这项法律。
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
死亡和税收的唯一区别在于，死亡不会在国会每次开会时都变得更糟。
Congress should be forward thinking in the policies we set, instead of waiting until catastrophe looms.
国会应该对我们制定的政策进行前瞻性思考，而不是等到灾难来临。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
There are bills being discussed to raise the amount that Members of Congress pay in to their benefits and I support these pieces of legislation.
正在讨论提高国会议员支付给他们福利的金额的法案，我支持这些法案。
Intelligence is playing a more important role in policymaker decisions than I think I've ever seen in my time in Congress or before.
在政策制定者的决策中，情报发挥着比我在国会或以前所见过的任何时候都更为重要的作用。
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
如果我一生都在学习，我想不出在国会一次会议上通过的有趣的事情的一半。
I think we ought to suspend, perhaps, elections for Congress for two years and just tell them we won't hold it against them, whatever decisions they make, to just let them help this country recover. I really hope that someone can agree with me on that.
我认为我们应该暂停两年的国会选举，告诉他们，不管他们做出什么决定，我们都不会反对他们，让他们帮助这个国家恢复。我真的希望有人能同意我的看法。
I mean, look, Nancy Pelosi said in the very beginning this is going to be the most open, honest and ethical Congress in history. And what we're seeing is she's breaking that promise every day.
佩洛西一开始就说，这将是历史上最开放、最诚实、最讲道德的国会。我们看到的是她每天都在违背诺言。
So I'm asking Congress, please investigate this now. Take whatever idiot they have at the top of whatever agency and give me a better idiot. Give me a caring idiot. Give me a sensitive idiot. Just don't give me the same idiot.
所以我请求国会，现在就调查这件事。不管他们在哪个机构的高层有什么白痴，把他交给我一个更好的白痴。给我一个有爱心的白痴。给我一个敏感的白痴。别跟我一样傻。