Constituents Quote by Steve Womack

As Members of Congress, we weren't sent to Washington to do what's easy - we were sent here to take action, even when the…

— Brian Mast

Lawmakers need to be held accountable and should feel the impact of a government shutdown just like many other Americans will.

— Debbie Stabenow

We as the American people have to hold ourselves accountable because we didn't hold our government accountable.

— Harry Markopolos

Shutting down the government is not how you make government work.

— George Clooney

The career politicians down in Washington don't want to be held accountable.

— Joe Sestak

Its a sorry statement about how broken Washington is that we could not take advantage of this unique and sad moment in history and…

— Senator John Kerry

We didn't hold President Obama as accountable as we might have.

— Julianne Malveaux

I do not believe we should shut down the federal government.

— Ted Cruz

Congress has lost its way if we don't hold this President accountable for his actions.

— Russ Feingold

There are a lot of things that are done in the federal government that are done because Washington did them.

— Kevin Gutzman

We don't want to see the government shut down.

— Dick Durbin

Hold us accountable. There's no accountability in Washington. Drain the swamp.

— Kellyanne Conway