How Quote by John P. Kotter

Making Congress into a less crisis-driven institution starts with electing members of Congress who can take the long view.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

There's no assigned seats in the House. I spent the first couple months just getting to know my Congress. So I kind of wander…

— Ryan Zinke

Congress needs to be in this based on making real change, not protecting their seat in Congress.

— George Santos

Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less…

— Anonymous

Most people want their representatives to get something done.

— Joe Lieberman

Incumbents are safe, but party majorities are not. This fosters symbolic votes, message politics and little serious legislating in Congress.

— Thomas E. Mann

Investing time in the district and listening to our constituents is a very important part of my job. Our people deserve congressional offices that…

— Mike Johnson

Unfortunately, most of Congress has little to offer except making noise and knowing how to move up the bloated political chain.

— Robert Blaha

I want people to feel like they have access to Congress, that they have access to government.

— Rashida Tlaib

I think we have to acknowledge that the way to get back into the majority into the Congress and pick up seats is to…

— Dan Lipinski

You have to govern like you've got a majority. It doesn't matter whether it's one seat, five or 10 seats.

— Annastacia Palaszczuk

The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly embarrasses the operations of the Government. They…

— James K. Polk