一个国会议员说同性婚姻会贬低男人和女人之间的爱。
One congressman said gay marriage would “devalue the love between a man and a woman.”
不管怎样,代表选民的利益,找出我们的钱变薄的原因是每一个国会议员不可推卸的责任。
However, it is the responsibility of every member of Congress to represent the interests of the people that sent them to Washington and find out what has been happening with our money.
一个国会议员组成的委员会参观了Evin监狱,其中一个保守派的MP称里面的犯人的伙食不比部长的差。
One conservative MP, part of a parliamentary committee that visited Evin to investigate conditions, declared that its prisoners received the same excellent food as the minister himself.
华盛顿车牌特征的口号“没有代表不征税,”一个这样的事实,虽然当地居民纳税,他们没有一个国会议员点头。
Washington, D. C. license plates feature the slogan "Taxation Without Representation," a nod to the fact that while residents there pay taxes, they do not have a member of Congress.
如果你同意和生活在一个高失业的国家,请告诉你的朋友这种解决方案和写信给报纸、杂志和国会议员。
If you agree and live in a country with high unemployment, tell your friends of this solution and write to your newspaper, your magazine and your Congressman.
一些国会议员甚至仍希望国王贾南德拉作为一个立宪君主。
Some Congress members might even hope to retain King Gyanendra as a constitutional monarch.
1978年他第一个当选为国会议员。
“美国应用”产生了一系列性能不凡的用户生成项目,包括一个呼叫国会议员的火狐插件以及追踪拖延式演说的网站。
Apps for America yielded a number of great user-generated projects including call Congress Firefox plug-in and a site that tracks filibustering.
导致美国两党制的一个原因是,每个国会议员选区只能选出一名代表。
One factor contributing to the two-party system in the United States is the single-member district system of electing Representatives.
毫无疑问,这是一个激动人心的时刻,年轻的黑人国会议员戴维斯先生说道。
Of course it was an emotional moment, says Mr Davis, a young black congressman.
南方的国会议员不喜欢这项法案,尽管这项法案已经做了修改,他们组织了一个委员会,该委员会表示能够代表南方所有的州。
Southern congressmen disliked the bill, even as amended. They organized a committee representing every one of the southern states.
据说一个人要成为国会议员的一个先决条件是必须具备为自己报税的能力。
say that a prerequisite for being in Congress was the ability to do one's own taxes.
2001年诺贝尔经济学奖得主斯蒂格利茨说,和国会议员会面的经济学家一致认为,有必要提出一个恢复经济的综合计划。
Joseph Stiglitz, recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize for Economics, said there was "remarkable agreement" among economists who met with lawmakers about the need for a comprehensive recovery program.
在成为一个游说者之前他曾任国会议员,参议院和大使之职。
He served as a Congressman, senator and ambassador before becoming a lobbyist.
路易斯安那州的选民选举出了第一个越南裔的美国国会议员。
Voters in the US state of Louisiana have elected the first Vietnamese-American member of Congress.
彼此宽容,至少是对宽容的渴望。 米苏拉是珍妮特•兰金的故乡,她是第一个进入国会的女性(1916年),也是唯一投票反对美国参加一战和二战的国会议员。
Missoula was home to Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, in 1916, and the only member of Congress to vote against entering World War I and World War II.
前国会议员费拉罗在同一个电视节目上露面,她表示,她对自己的讲话丝毫不感到歉意。
Former congresswoman Ferraro appeared on the same ABC news program and said she is "absolutely not sorry" about her remarks.
至国会议员们:我非常荣幸与你们每一个人共同工作。
To the members of our parliamentary caucus: I have been privileged to work with each and every one of you.
波尔考先生是一个保守的人,他在1997年时第一次入选了国会议员选区的选民。
Mr Bercow, a Conservative, was first elected for the constituency in 1997.
下个月英国将举行它数年来的第一个公投(决定是否要改期它的投票制度),并且还有一个选民回顾国会议员的不寻常谈话。
Next month Britain will have its first referendum for years (on whether to change its voting system), and there is talk of voter recalls for aberrant MPs.
一些隐私权拥护者和国会议员认为披露的结果有助于为建立具有权威支配地位的在线隐私权法提供一个案例。
Some privacy advocates and lawmakers said the disclosures helped build a case for an overarching online-privacy law.
我们每一个人都必须说服我们各自的国会议员采取行动。
我们每一个人都必须说服我们各自的国会议员采取行动。
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