I don't want to make a member of Congress do something that that member of Congress's constituents would not approve of, or… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
No longer will we tolerate one job killing delay after another. No longer will we accept a broken system that benefits consultants… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
If we'd had government on [today's] scale in the 1840s, the stagecoaches would have hired lobbyists to get a bill passed that… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
Maybe that's because there are so few women lobbyists; if they're there, it's for something they strongly believe in, not just for… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
Mr. President, the buzz saw that your healthcare bill ran into wasn't lobbyists and special interests it was tens of millions of… — John Boehner Copy Share Image
Jack Abramoff is going to testify against some of the other weasels in Congress. A lobbyist testifying against congressmen? How many Bibles… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
“In addition to executives, we can also include, for example, certain types of salesmen and lobbyists, for whom constant connection is their… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
If you look at all the lobbyists in Washington, this is not a democracy. This is ruled by special interest groups. That… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Some of the environmental lobbyists of the Western nations are the salt of the earth, but many of them are elitists. They've… — Norman Borlaug 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
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
The need to do something about global warming is obvious. And it's also pretty clear that the public understands the need for… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
Donald Trump represents not the lobbyists, not the elected officials, not the establishment types. These are people that have nothing to do… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
We have depended on government for so much for so long that we as people have become less vigilant of our liberties.… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Now Barack Obama, who campaigned for transparency, is the President defending secret negotiations on new trade agreements that are largely being written… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
I offer a better way for America with ideas that actually work, a reformed tax code that rewards free enterprise instead of… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Even though the Koch brothers' businesses put 4.4 million people at risk with pollutants, the Kochs have poured millions into lobbyists' coffers… — Robert Greenwald Copy Share Image
The judge turned his back towards me, sitting back on his judge's chair, while I was in the witness stand being questioned.… — Ernst Zundel Copy Share Image
Recently, lobbyists for the pharmaceutical industry wrote a prescription drug bill that increased their profits and did nothing to help seniors. The… — Marty Meehan Copy Share Image
Washington, of course, aside from being one of the most mismanaged, crime-ridden cities on the planet, is a place where 535 federal… — Charley Reese Copy Share Image
Lobbyists have more offices in Washington than the President. You see, the President only tells Congress what they should do. Lobbyists tell'em… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Lobbying is not a bad thing. I'm not trying to say that we shouldn't have lobbyists or we shouldn't have lobbying to… — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
The trickle-down experiment that began in the Reagan years failed America's middle class. Sure, the rich are doing great. Giant corporations are… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Today it is difficult to find leaders who are independent of the forces that have brought us our problems: The Congress, the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I've made it clear that I'm not taking special interest PAC money or accepting donations from lobbyists - ever. I want to… — Stephen Pagliuca Copy Share Image
Get involved in an issue that you're passionate about. It almost doesn't matter what it is ... We give too much of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to… — Jeff Flake Copy Share Image
After all, they (the pro-vaccine lobbyists) say to themselves, you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. But the eggs being broken… — Harris L Coulter Copy Share Image
Most financiers, corporate lawyers, lobbyists, and management consultants are competing with other financiers, lawyers, lobbyists, and management consultants in zero-sum games that… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
One comment by a female lobbyist really shocked me. She said, "Washington is a contact sport." I asked, "What do you mean… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
The key is whether or not we have got priorities that are working for you, as opposed to those who have been… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I turned down five million dollars from a lobbyist who wanted to put up $5m for my campaign, a very strong lobbyist.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Still, year after year strong mercury rules fail in Washington under pressure from corporate interests. Why? Not because the risks of mercury… — Senator John Kerry Copy Share Image
Welfarism and excessive spending and deficits and socialism divide us, because everybody has to go to Washington. Those who have the biggest… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I got into lobbying kind of against my will at first. I frankly didn't want to be a lobbyist, but I realized… — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
So what? A lobbyist cheated Indian tribes out of $25 million then laundered their money through phony Christian charities trying to stop… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton has perfected the politics of personal profit and theft. She ran the State Department like her own personal hedge fund,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Factory-farm lobbyists are so powerful and so well funded and they do everything in their power to hide the truth about farming.… — Moby Copy Share Image
Young women need to know that abortion rights and abortion access are not presents bestowed or retracted by powerful men (or women)… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
I represent poor people, I represent working people. I represent senior citizens. I represent family businesses. I represent people who don't have… — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
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