#lobbyist

I'm disappointed that Senator DeWine once again chose to go along with his party leaders and their big corporate lobbyist supporters. Ohio deserves a Senator who will be more than a rubber stamp. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#along #big #chose #corporate #deserves

It's the job of a special advisor to be the eyes and ears of a minister and it's the job of a corporate lobbyist to represent the best interests of their organization. ↗

— Thomas Watson, Jr.

#best #best interests #corporate #ears #eyes

Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#cries #government #lobbyists #often #people

If a lobbyist sets up shop, or a lawyer, in which they're receiving income through what is something like a tax loophole so that it's not counting as corporate income, that is what this is counting as a small business. ↗

— Austan Goolsbee

#corporate #counting #income #lawyer #like

Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee. ↗

— Jeff Flake

#appropriations #committee #earmark #filled #forms

I have seen the times when the grassroots has moved the Congress. We listen way more often to our constituents than the lobbyists. And the grassroots are going to have to do it. ↗

— John Linder

#constituents #going #grassroots #i #listen

America’s been ruined by one word: Bankers. No, two words: Bankers and lawyers. Make that three words. Add politicians to that list. Oh, and don’t forget the lobbyists. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#banksters #humor #lawyers #lobbyists #politicians

We work for the families back home, we do not work for the lobbyists that prowl the halls of the capital building, do not forget who we work for. ↗

— Brian Schweitzer

#building #capital #families #forget #halls

I don't want to be a lobbyist. I want to provide strategic advice to companies. I said both of those things in the course of the interview, and I made clear this is a matter only for after I had become a private citizen and I was no longer a member of parliament. ↗

— Geoff Hoon

#after #become #both #citizen #clear