#constituent

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

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

My door remains always open to all constituents to discuss matters of concern to them. ↗

— Peter Slipper

#concern #constituents #discuss #door #matters

I am persuaded that in the case of elected officials, the overwhelming temptation is to conclude that it is more important for your constituents that you be reelected than that you deal honestly with them. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#case #conclude #constituents #deal #elected

Too many of my constituents, like many other hard working Americans across the country, are suffering unnecessarily due to our flawed health care system. ↗

— John Conyers

#care #constituents #country #due #flawed

No issue is more important to this Congress than securing our borders and protecting our homeland, and I guarantee it is very important to our constituents. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

#congress #constituents #guarantee #homeland #i

I am a relatively new Member to this Chamber, and it is troublesome to me and I can tell Members it is getting very troublesome to my constituents when they hear this repeated consistent drum beat of a corruption of the democratic process. ↗

— Jay Inslee

#beat #chamber #consistent #constituents #corruption

By overhauling current rules and speeding the entry of competitors in the market, we encourage competition and provide our constituents with new choices and cheaper bills. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#cheaper #choices #competition #competitors #constituents