From Martin Luther's Lips to Our Government's Ears

If you who are assembled in a council are so frivolous and irresponsible as to waste time and money on unnecessary questions, when it is the business of a council to deal only with the important and necessary matters, we should not only refuse to obey you, but consider you insane or criminals.

Defense and Explanation of All the Articles
Vol. 32 of "Luther's Works", page 80.

(Please note the general term "council" would, in addition to Congress, also include the President and his Cabinet. There's no call for me to elaborate further. -H)