Best Constituents Words
125 Constituents quotes by 109 unique authors
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For years, members of Congress have heard from constituents who want them to protect the nation from crime, terrorism and intellectual property violation. They have…
— Rebecca MacKinnon
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Conservatives sometimes catch a tremendous about of flak from inside the Beltway - and those groups can exert extreme pressure on those conservative members to…
— Jeff Landry
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I went to Ferguson and walked with the demonstrators and saw this heavily armed police force, tactical units pointing sniper rifles at my constituents who…
— William Lacy Clay, Jr.
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The constituents of tragedy may be universally acknowledged, easily invoked and deeply felt, but the elements of comedy are, I think, more widely variable from…
— Paul Di Filippo
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The Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act expires at the end of this year. Thus, we must act quickly to ensure our constituents continue to receive…
— Eliot Engel
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I know that Bush, for political reasons, is going to nominate a minority, a Hispanic man or someone where it will be harder for people…
— Patricia Ireland
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I am persuaded that in the case of elected officials, the overwhelming temptation is to conclude that it is more important for your constituents that…
— James L. Buckley
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In an effort to provide my constituents with information on how they can make contributions to a number of relief and humanitarian organizations, I have…
— Jo Bonner
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I am a relatively new Member to this Chamber, and it is troublesome to me and I can tell Members it is getting very troublesome…
— Jay Inslee
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Our profile was pretty low, deliberately so. Our constituents were a relatively small audience.
— Hilary Rosen
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Well, my constituents are happy that the Republican Party has finally gotten off its duff, seeing that we do control the House and the Senate…
— Dana Rohrabacher
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I shall hold myself particularly answerable to my constituents for my present conduct, and in general to all my fellow Citizens throughout these States, when…
— Henry Laurens
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I have seen the times when the grassroots has moved the Congress. We listen way more often to our constituents than the lobbyists. And the…
— John Linder
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Mr. Speaker, the Delaware River deepening project is important for my constituents, for our region and for the entire nation. I trust that, when they…
— Robert Brady
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Neither these statesmen nor their constituents sought in any way to use the Government for the interest of themselves or their section, or for the…
— Robert Toombs
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The laws that we adopt embody the values and mores of our constituents.
— Joe Moore
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Senator Martinez is not driven by polls; he is driven by the needs of the state of Florida and its 17 million constituents.
— Mel Martinez
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What I was doing was servicing the needs of my constituents and I was not allowed to do that because I did not toe the…
— Cynthia McKinney
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I need to maintain a home in Derbyshire and in London to be able both to represent my constituents and to fulfil my responsibilities as…
— Geoff Hoon
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To succeed in big-city politics requires a powerful, motivating vision of a better world, a plan to get there, a willingness to meet constituents on…
— Michael Nutter
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What I try to do is tell my constituents that this is what I believe and this is why I made that vote. And I…
— Martin Heinrich
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People have tremendous power, more than the average person understands, and certainly more than even I understood before I came to Congress. When any of…
— Charlie Norwood
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I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to…
— Barry Goldwater
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The use of the gerneic second person when one is clearly referring to oneself is quite possibly my biggest language pet peeve. Examples I've heard…
— Unknown Author
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Politicians are spiritually sick people. The will to power and to dominate arises only in a sick mind. It arises out of an inferiority complex.…
— Osho
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