Congressman Quote by Rob Reiner

I was a very, very good congressman.

— Dan Maffei

I was elected to serve this house, I was elected to serve all the Members of Parliament. That is why I gave up my…

— Lindsay Hoyle

Before I became a Congressman, I was a United States diplomat. I worked in Afghanistan, spent time in Iraq.

— Andy Kim

I parted ways with the Congress, a party that I served for so many years, because its leadership constantly humiliated me by ignoring my…

— Satpal Maharaj

I was eleventh-grade class president. That was the first elective office I held until I came into Congress.

— Donna Edwards

It wasn't until after I was reelected in 1982 that I thought of myself as a long-term member of Congress.

— Barney Frank

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

When I was 27, having never run for office before, I decided to run for Congress.

— Krystal Ball

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

— Marco Rubio

I was a chairwoman of my state Democratic party.

— Deb Haaland

I first decided to run for Congress when I was 29 - and became a Representative at the age of 30.

— Elise Stefanik

My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school - first…

— Nancy Pelosi