#constituent

If we can't have the courage to tell our constituents, hey, we've got to cut back, then if we can point to something and say, I would like to vote for more benefits for you, but this balanced budget amendment or statutory spending cap or whatever the device is, is preventing me from doing it. ↗

— Jeff Flake

#back #balanced #balanced budget #balanced budget amendment #benefits

The Church, during the apostolic age, did not consist of isolated, independent congregations, but was one body, of which the separate churches were constituent members, each subject to all the rest, or to an authority which extended over all. ↗

— Charles Hodge

#apostolic #authority #body #church #churches

It's not about what the speaker wants. It's not about necessarily what I want. There's two other principles involved here. It's what the constituents in my district want, and they didn't want to raise the debt ceiling unless there were significant structural reforms and spending cuts to help us balance our budget. ↗

— Tim Huelskamp

#balance #budget #ceiling #constituents #cuts

After the Revolution I was freed. I favoured the Constituent Assembly and am still for it. ↗

— Fanny Kaplan

#am #assembly #constituent #freed #i

It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something you believe is right. Because you always want to keep working and live to fight another battle and it might cost you your career. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#always #another #battle #because #believe

I can finally go home and tell the constituents, law enforcement, and leaders in Washington state that Congress is treating the meth problem with the same urgency and commitment that local communities have been treating it with for years. ↗

— Rick Larsen

#commitment #communities #congress #constituents #enforcement

I shall hold myself particularly answerable to my constituents for my present conduct, and in general to all my fellow Citizens throughout these States, when properly questioned. ↗

— Henry Laurens

#citizens #conduct #constituents #fellow #fellow citizens

People have tremendous power, more than the average person understands, and certainly more than even I understood before I came to Congress. When any of my constituents writes me a letter, I promise you, we're listening. ↗

— Charlie Norwood

#average #average person #before #came #certainly

Well, I don't think so, because the president and members of Congress and governors have the same constituents. It's the American people who are hurting. ↗

— James Douglas

#american people #because #congress #constituents #governors

Senator Martinez is not driven by polls; he is driven by the needs of the state of Florida and its 17 million constituents. ↗

— Mel Martinez

#driven #florida #martinez #million #needs