Congress Quote by Martha McSally

I was a member of the Florida legislature for nine years, the speaker of the house, majority leader, majority whip.

— Marco Rubio

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

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

— Dan Maffei

I was not elected to serve one party.

— George W. Bush

I was in the Minnesota state Senate from 2000 until 2006. In 2006, I was urged to run for Congress, I did. And I've…

— Michele Bachmann

I was a very, very good congressman.

— Dan Maffei

I'm not new to the political process; I was making a contribution as the speaker of the third largest and most diverse state in…

— Marco Rubio

I fought really hard to win a seat in Congress, and everybody else did, too.

— Steve Scalise

I ran for Congress because I was tired of the erosion of political discourse throughout our whole country and a government that too often…

— Dean Phillips

I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.

— Carl Lewis

I never thought I would run for Congress. If you look back at a certain reality TV show, you know that.

— Sean Duffy

The bottom line is, when you're in the Senate, you have more of a voice in the beginning than a new House member.

— Tammy Duckworth