Real lobbying reform must end the practice of corporate lobbyists writing our laws. — Marty Meehan Copy Share Image
Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists. — Patricia Schroeder Copy Share Image
Reporters at the New York Times, they're not journalists, they're corporate lobbyists for Carlos Slim and for Hillary Clinton. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
We need a total ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for American elections. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists. — Sam Wyly Copy Share Image
Success can be built on a strong relationship between a lobbyist and a single, powerful lawmaker. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My four years as governor, I never met with a lobbyist once, never. Not one lobbyist got in my office. — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
To be effective at selling ideas, at being a lobbyist, influencing other people, you have to be very sure of yourself. — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
“In the 1970s, 3 percent of retiring members became lobbyists. Thirty years later, that number has increased by an order of magnitude.… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
The permanent institutional expertise class is now no longer the legislators, it's the lobbyists who don't have term limits and are there… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
If we have Senators and Congressmen there that can't protect themselves against the evil temptations of lobbyists, we don't need to change… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
While Hillary Clinton meets only with donors and lobbyists, my plan was crafted with the input from Federal Immigration offices, very great… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Lobbyists in Washington are making six figure salaries selling our government out to the corporate interests and we just sit and smile… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
Fairness has not been enhanced by the tax code, but lobbyists have been made rich, politicians have been re-elected, and the economy… — Jim Bridenstine Copy Share Image
If a lobbyist sets up shop, or a lawyer, in which they're receiving income through what is something like a tax loophole… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
Lobbyists know that a 0 percent tax rate on capital income is not, in fact, the lowest possible rate. There can be… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
Desperate times require desperate measures. What Lincoln and the Lobbyist for the Amendment and the Manager of the Amendment and himself, what… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Lobbying has become a term of reproach, as if it were improper to push for a particular belief. This has happened because… — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
Despite the array of groups and organizations working on global warming, we are still missing a key element: the movement. Along with… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Few relationships are as critical to the business enterprise as the relationship to the government. Managers have responsibility for this relationship as… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
It's time for me to give out an award to newly elected Majority Leader John Boehner. Mr. Boehner was elected just a… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
I've never seen Barack Obama as a progressive, just someone a bit more centrist, and not as right leaning as Hillary Clinton.… — Rob Kall Copy Share Image
America is run by corporations, it is run by banks and Wall Street. That's why we can't get guns under control. It's… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
This is the only free country in the world that's doing lobbying. Voters should be the lobbyists. If we can spend all… — Rosario Dawson Copy Share Image
“To this end, the Kochs waged a long and remarkable battle of ideas. They subsidized networks of seemingly unconnected think tanks and… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
Lobbyists are in many cases expert technicians and capable of explaining complex and difficult subjects in a clear, understandable fashion. They engage… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“All American politicians are bought and paid for by American lobbyists. We no longer have representative government here. We breed monsters like… — Dan Fante Copy Share Image
There is the old boys' club, but there are people who are "conviction lobbyists" coming from the heart. — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
The average guy doesn't have an army of lobbyists and lawyers working on his behalf every day in the White House. — Dan Bongino Copy Share Image
I will never be an insider. I want to be the champion of people who don't have insiders and lobbyists supporting them. — Pat Quinn Copy Share Image
In his first speech as Speaker, Boehner thanked his loved ones - tobacco lobbyists, the oil companies, the CEOs. — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
The studies that show the reason Washington real estate is booming and there are so many lobbyists in town, it does pay. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
For too long, Missouri has been run by career politicians, owned by corrupt consultants, high-paid lobbyists and special interests. — Eric Greitens Copy Share Image
The average American doesn't realize how much of the laws are written by lobbyists. — Eric Schmidt Copy Share Image
“When there’s a vacuum of public input, lobbyists usually fill it. But when there’s public input, the people usually win.” — Morgan Carroll Copy Share Image