A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
国会
Congress
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。
The best thing about the Congress is that it is the last place where you can have face-to-face interviews and interaction with the newsmakers themselves.
大会最棒的地方是,它是你最后一个可以面对面采访和与新闻人物互动的地方。
Congress is headed in the wrong direction with this bill which removes any and all incentives from the food industry to improve their products for children.
国会在这项法案上走错了方向,该法案取消了食品行业改善儿童产品的所有激励措施。
My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future generations.
我在国会的努力是基于这样一种信念,即环境保护和恢复是我们留给子孙后代的遗产的重要组成部分。
It is crucial that members of Congress cast votes that are supportive of the values upon which our nation was founded: equality, freedom, and opportunity for all people.
至关重要的是,国会议员必须投票支持我们国家赖以建立的价值观:人人平等、自由和机会。
I had taken on the color of the climate around me and had driven back all the emotion that rose from the Brooklyn streets so that I could belong to the exclusive club of Congress.
我穿上了周围气候的颜色,驱走了从布鲁克林街道上升起的所有情绪,这样我就可以加入国会这个排外的俱乐部。
As Congress continues to debate ways to address illegal immigration, we must remember the many hard-working legal immigrants that contribute so much to our nation's economy and culture.
在国会继续就如何处理非法移民问题进行辩论之际,我们必须记住许多辛勤工作的合法移民,他们为我们国家的经济和文化做出了巨大贡献。
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。
Whether we like it or not, men have more of the offices, more of the higher jobs, more of the seats in Congress. Men need to re-examine what their power is. We need to understand how to use it.
不管我们喜不喜欢,男性拥有更多的办公室,更多的高级职位,更多的国会席位。男人需要重新审视他们的力量是什么。我们需要了解如何使用它。
I'm amused when Congress tries to place the blame on somebody but never themselves. I've never heard any of them ever say, 'I've made a mistake.' I do. I say I called it wrong. But they just try to find somebody to blame.
当国会试图把责任推给某个人而不是他们自己时,我感到很有趣。我从未听他们说过,‘我犯了一个错误。“我做的。我说我打错了。但他们只是想找个人来责备。
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。
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。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.
我当选国会议员时是一名出庭辩护律师。
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 is not an ATM.
国会不是自动取款机。
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。
Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.
谈话是廉价的——除非国会这么做。