Action Quote by Gina McCarthy

I kept telling everyone I wasn't going to Washington to stay. I go to visit.

— John Engler

I went to Congress to change the policies of our country. I did not go to change the behaviors of members of Congress.

— Nancy Pelosi

As Members of Congress, we weren't sent to Washington to do what's easy - we were sent here to take action, even when the…

— Brian Mast

Running for Congress isn't something I ever thought I would do.

— Deb Haaland

You can't go to Washington as a congressman and a senator and expect to make a difference all at once. You have to earn…

— Richard Shelby

Well, what I tried to do is simply to get out on the land. And when I came to Washington, I think one of…

— Bruce Babbitt

I didn't come to Washington to fight against my Republican colleagues, or even against my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. I…

— David Schweikert

I was never supposed to make it to Congress. I was a staff person.

— Dan Maffei

But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when…

— Geraldine Ferraro

I never said finish the Congress, because the opposition is needed... I do not have such petty imaginations.

— Uddhav Thackeray

I came to Washington to get things done in a bipartisan way.

— Young Kim

I'm not a Washington person.

— Elizabeth Warren