Constituents Quote by John Cornyn Download Open image “Senators will do what they think they need to do to represent their constituents” — John Cornyn ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Constituents Senators
Senators, like everyone else, want to feel a part of this decision-making process. They want to feel included. — Tom Daschle Copy Share Image
Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience. — Jessica Savitch Copy Share Image
If you are a Representative and want to be a Senator, you must be careful not to do anything which might upset the various… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
A majority of senators should be able to adopt rules at the beginning of each Congress. — Tom Udall Copy Share Image
From an institution standpoint, I want the American people to understand that the Senate can function, even on the most serious things. — Richard Burr Copy Share Image
Some of my colleagues seem more interested in using every procedural method possible to keep the Senate from doing anything than they are in… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
I want to remind all Americans that the Senate has a very important responsibility to confirm only well- qualified individuals who will faithfully interpret… — Chuck Grassley Copy Share Image
The United States Senate is already chock full of career politicians and insiders who fall in line for political expediency and refuse to stand… — Todd Wilcox Copy Share Image
There is no doubt where the founding fathers stood on this issue. They believed that people of faith should be permitted to express themselves… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
I am pleased to report that Texas is known for having one of the strongest set of open government laws in our Nation. And… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
You can always find a reason to say no. It's the easiest vote. It's also not exactly a red badge of courage. — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
The enemy is not just terrorism. It is the threat posed specifically by Islamist terrorism, by Bin Ladin and others who draw on a… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
But I think the - what the tea party movement demonstrates, and I think the, the, the enthusiasm that we're seeing from independents and… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
If there is a nuclear tactic being used here, I submit it is the use of that obstruction where a willful minority blocks a… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
Think for a moment about what Obamacare has done: The federal government has come up with its own (ever-evolving) definition of 'health insurance,' which… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court has never ruled that Congress can use the Commerce Clause to require individuals to engage in an activity they have chosen… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
Depictions or expressions of sex, violence, crime are all permitted virtually without limit; but religion, it seems, never.No wonder many in America seem to… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
But I do think its unwise, and it - to build a mosque at the site where 3,000 Americans lost their lives as a… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
Sometimes, it might be called conservative; sometimes it might be called liberal. But the point is that the meaning of the Constitution and other… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
Raising taxes is the last thing we should do amid the weakest economic recovery since World War II. Unfortunately, even if we avoid the… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
I will support my party when they are right on an issue, but am not afraid to stand up to party bosses who are… — Darlene Senger Copy Share Image
So [Republicans] packed all the Democrats into districts, very Democratic districts. What that's done is made our party urban, more liberal, and so those… — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
Every man must form himself as a particular being, seeking, however, to attain that general idea of which all mankind are constituents. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The best leaders are those who break that mission down into the organization's constituent parts, so that everybody understands their role and how it… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
One of my goals here in Congress, being the youngest member of the California delegation, is to really try and get the institution to… — Eric Swalwell Copy Share Image
And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' "interests," I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
I regularly see constituents, speak to people who feel let down by the justice system quite fundamentally, and these are people who don't make… — Nick Xenophon Copy Share Image
Neither these statesmen nor their constituents sought in any way to use the Government for the interest of themselves or their section, or for… — Robert Toombs Copy Share Image
Of course things get stagnant; people get too used to their environment, but that's why I'm in my district every week, at meetings with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I went to Ferguson and walked with the demonstrators and saw this heavily armed police force, tactical units pointing sniper rifles at my constituents… — William Lacy Clay, Jr Copy Share Image
If we can't have the courage to tell our constituents, hey, we've got to cut back, then if we can point to something and… — Jeff Flake Copy Share Image