After Quote by Barney Frank

When I was 27, having never run for office before, I decided to run for Congress.

— Krystal Ball

I was also a congressman. I had decided to run for office and had become a congressman with Queen Latifah.

— Rob Reiner

I continued to serve in Congress until 2001.

— David Minge

It was amazing that I was ever elected.

— Ian Paisley

I happened to have the privilege of serving in Congress. It will be 16 years at the end of this term. And I think…

— Dennis Kucinich

Why did I choose to join Congress I? It was a decision taken after much deliberation and thought.

— Shatrughan Sinha

For the first half of my adult life, I was a Democrat.

— Alphonso Jackson

I first decided to run for Congress when I was 29 - and became a Representative at the age of 30.

— Elise Stefanik

I was a Democrat for a period of time early on. And then I was also an independent. And then I became a Republican.

— Donald Trump

From early on, everything I did was calculated to being elected to Congress.

— Carl Albert

I was eleventh-grade class president. That was the first elective office I held until I came into Congress.

— Donna Edwards

I became a Republican in the summer of 1972. I was involved in running President Nixon's re-election campaign in California and became part of…

— Ed Rollins