Action Quote by Ralph Nader

In reality, everybody in Congress is a stand-in for some kind of lobbyist. In many cases it's difficult to tell whether it's the companies…

— Matt Taibbi

The carbon fuels industry-big oil and coal-have a 50-year lease on the Republican Party and they are drilling it for everything it's worth.

— Al Gore

Too many members of Congress seem willing to give corporate polluters, many of whom happen to be major political donors, a free pass to…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

I have seen the times when the grassroots has moved the Congress. We listen way more often to our constituents than the lobbyists. And…

— John Linder

The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers.

— Ralph Nader

The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

— Jim Hightower

Lobbyists are the touts of protected industries.

— Winston Churchill

Everyone in America seems to be joining an organization of some kind, and in Congress one hears from them all.

— Millicent Fenwick

Lobbyists really are experts in their fields and know what they are talking about. That's why the government always listens to them as they…

— Gail Collins

Believe it or not, there are members of Congress who actually want to govern and get stuff done. Unfortunately, there are others whose agendas…

— Jon Runyan

That said, I'm embarrassed and furious that so many coal-state Democrats in the U.S. Senate are paralyzing international progress to protect the short term…

— Denis Hayes

Unfortunately, Congress is protecting the profits of those opposed to protecting the planet.

— Ray Metcalfe