A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
国会
Congress
The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them.
如果下一届国会不继续纠正错误，国会犯的错误就不会那么严重。
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
当国会开会的时候，这个国家就会有同样的感觉，就像婴儿拿起锤子一样。
I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal.
我想在一本书的封面上看到我的名字。如果你的名字在国会图书馆，你就是不朽的。
I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision.
我不认为国会的职责是做好工作。它应该在做决定的路上拖拖拉拉。
Copyrights have not expired, and will not expire, so long as Congress is free to be bought to extend them again.
版权还没有过期，也不会过期，只要国会可以自由地购买版权来延长期限。
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。
The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.
艺术比股市或国会辩论更能反映我们这个世界正在发生的事情。
I would like to see this group in this Congress be starting the process to get ourselves on long term fiscal strong footing.
我希望看到国会的这群人开始着手使我们的财政长期稳固。
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。
Obviously, overall infrastructure needs on the Southwest and Northern borders are mounting. We need a major push in Congress to remedy this.
显然，西南和北部边境的整体基础设施需求正在增加。我们需要国会大力推动来解决这个问题。
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。
Congress has repeatedly passed laws and otherwise raised a ruckus about indecent language on the broadcast airwaves used for radio and television.
国会已多次通过法律，并在广播和电视中使用不雅语言引起了轩然大波。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Serving in Congress has been the honor of a lifetime.
在国会服务是我一生的荣耀。
If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created in the last six months.
如果我能通过帮助企业发展在私营部门创造一个就业机会，那将比国会在过去六个月创造的就业机会还要多一个。
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。
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。
Congress is not an ATM.
国会不是自动取款机。
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。