#wash

People are struggling. They're trying to make ends meet, and they're looking for Washington to deliver for them. And they don't feel that that's been happening as quickly as it should. We share that frustration. There's no one more frustrated than President Obama. ↗

— Valerie Jarrett

#deliver #ends #feel #frustrated #frustration

I had a 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' experience as governor. ↗

— Gary Johnson

#goes #governor #had #i #mr

For me, it started as a child with one of those little wooden jigsaw maps of the U.S., where's there's crocodiles on Florida and apples on Washington state. That was my very first map. ↗

— Ken Jennings

#child #crocodiles #first #florida #jigsaw

We have been through a period where we see power leaching away from Washington. Who is more important in the world today: Bill Clinton or Bill Gates? I don't know. ↗

— Peter Jennings

#been #bill #bill clinton #bill gates #clinton

I was more ashamed that I couldn't work the washing machine than the fact that I was taking drugs. ↗

— Elton John

#fact #i #machine #more #taking

Washington shows the Negro not only at his best, but also at his worst. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#best #his #only #shows #washington

We need different perspectives here in Washington - someone who has private-sector experience, somebody who's actually created jobs, manufactures products, understands the incentives and disincentives, the intended and unintended consequences of legislation. ↗

— Ron Johnson

#consequences #created #different #different perspectives #experience

I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in "We, the people." ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#amendment #been #court #court decision #decision

Every bit of money that we can bring from our federal transportation budget in Washington back here to Stewart Airport will benefit our local economy and our local residents. ↗

— Sue Kelly

#back #benefit #bit #bring #budget

Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#city #efficiency #northern #southern #washington