How to Use congressman in a Sentence

congressman

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  • Yet that was a time when elementary school students would've been hard pressed to recognize their congressman.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The congressman has long been inclusive and attentive to the needs of his conference.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Moore turned the conversation back to his saline lakes bill, an effort that saw success, at least in the House, after the congressman worked with colleagues from across the aisle.
    — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The video shows the congressman pushing past the deputies.
    — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The congressman said he was stunned by the thoughtful gift.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Moskowitz, the local congressman, said the mass tragedy has led to some change but more needs to be done.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 4 Aug. 2023
  • If the congressman was decent, the staff tended to act that way too.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The congressman was sitting on the side of his bed, rocking back and forth.
    — Bea Hines, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The congressman plans to hold a hearing this month on the decision.
    — Alander Rocha, al, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Years ago, Cahn interned on the Hill for her congressman.
    — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The John Lewis is named for the late congressman, a major figure in the nascent civil rights movement in the 1960s.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The skipper thought Goldfinger was quitting the Navy and complained to his congressman about life on the ship.
    — Menachem Wecker, Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
  • At the front desk, the congressman was asked to wait some 15 minutes before being told the MTA big was not in the building.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
  • The congressman’s stand-up set lasted about 8½ minutes and drew laughs as well as groans.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
  • The congressman soon got to work serving his constituents.
    — Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 5 May 2023
  • McCarthy has spent 16 years in the House and is currently in his ninth term as a congressman.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The congressman did not respond to a request for comment.
    — Rachel Roubein, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
  • That’s not to say the congressman isn’t miffed that the entire Republican ...
    — Audrey Fahlberg, National Review, 10 Mar. 2024
  • George Santos is back on Capitol Hill, though not as a congressman this time.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The Democratic congressman has the largest war chest of the three candidates, with about $4.1 million in cash on hand.
    — Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 June 2024
  • The congressman missed out on the first debate, which required candidates to meet a polling threshold of just 1%.
    — Alex Tabet, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The congressman said his wife recently used the AI in the Bing search engine using his name, and the results came back with falsehoods.
    — Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The congressman, three journalists and one cult member who tried to defect were killed.
    — Thomas Viner, ABC News, 26 July 2023
  • Now, a congressman, the Port and residents hope to clean up the factory in hopes someone will turn it around someday.
    — Scott Wartman cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 4 May 2023
  • While there haven't been frequent polls in Maryland, public surveys on the race showed the third-term congressman ahead as of early April.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
  • The congressman cruised to reelection the following year.
    — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 5 May 2023
  • The mug shot of the late congressman was taken in 1963 after his arrest at a sit in at an Atlanta Toddle House restaurant.
    — Bill Rankin, ajc, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The decisions from the court and the commission does not change anything for Banks or his campaign, the congressman said in a statement Tuesday.
    — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024
  • If Steve Garvey didn’t exist, Adam Schiff would have to invent him — and, indeed, the congressman is busy doing just that.
    — Jim Newton, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Before his visit to the Mitchells’ farm, the congressman attended a meeting on prescription drug prices at a union hall in Rockford.
    — Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024

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