Body Quote by Cathy McMorris Rodgers

The house of representatives ... can make no law, which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as…

— James Madison

“Representative government is artifice, a political myth, designed to conceal from the masses the dominance of a self-selected, self-perpetuating, and self-serving traditional ruling class.”

— Giuseppe Prezzolini

After one hundred years of federal rule, the United States House of Representatives has moved to provide for the first meaningful route to self-determination…

— Dick Thornburgh

We create our own government. We are responsible for its beauty and for its ugliness. We are responsible for its glories and for its…

— Charlie Pierce

The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government as without…

— Charles W. Pickering

When I was elected to Congress, I made a commitment to my constituents that my office would set the standard to be open and…

— Elise Stefanik

We are a nation founded on distrust of government power, and questioning that power is essential to promoting transparency and accountability.

— Asha Rangappa

The American experiment with representative democracy has been a great success, but we need to realize that it needs to be a genuine representative…

— Richard Painter

Most people want their representatives to get something done.

— Joe Lieberman

The Committee on House Administration plays a pivotal role in my top priority here in Congress: restoring trust in our government through reforms that…

— Dean Phillips

Greater transparency and accountability in Congress is something we should all be able to support.

— Michelle Steel

The legislatures will have better means of information. They can discover the danger at a distance; and possessing all the organs of civil power,…

— Alexander Hamilton