Richard Cordray Quotes

The bottom line is that we have entered an age when local communities need to invest in themselves. Federal and state dollars are becoming more and more scarce for American cities. Political and civic leaders in local communities need to make a compelling case for this investment.

Mayors, I think, tend to be more no-nonsense, and you look for economic opportunities for your communities.

Connecticut would not be Connecticut if we cut $3.5 billion out of the budget. We are a strong, generous, hopeful people. We'd be taking $800 million out of education. You can't do that in this state.

We're not the States of America; we're the United States of America. If states don't get what they need, we're not going to have a successful plan, period.

If it was up to me, I would have put more money into the state fiscal relief.

Before being elected to Congress, I was a mayor, and it's this perspective that makes me certain that Ed FitzGerald is the right kind of leader to get Ohio back on track.

I've been able to bring billions of dollars back to our state that has so desperately needed it - billions of dollars in relief to homeowners and our communities and our pension systems that desperately need it.

I have been a policymaker proven in tackling some very complex social issues on the municipal level here in Boston.

The federal government shouldn't be drawing lines on a map in terms of what transit infrastructure are needed; we should be there to be a partner with the cities, with the provinces, that need that.

We must continue to invest at the local level to help cities, towns, and villages retain teachers, police, firefighters, and other community-enhancing service providers.

The people who care the most about the folks in your community are living in the community. They don't live in Washington, D.C.

I wanted to show the community you can build something here without having to raid taxpayers' dollars. What better way to show the community what we're all about, as a welcome to come to the Institute of Contemporary Art and be a part of what we're doing here?

It's really time for the State of Wisconsin to form a better relationship with the greater Milwaukee area.

I just thought I could broaden my impact and my reach by starting a non-profit and putting investment into our community.

New Jersey residents deserve to have their tax dollars spent on transportation and infrastructure projects right here in the Garden State instead of being wasted in Washington.

Empowering communities by leveraging federal and local investments helps improve the federal-local relationship and advance shared priorities.

My mission will be to improve life across Massachusetts, including communities and geographies that are seeing a slower economic recovery. Lower and fairer taxes are an important part of creating jobs and accomplishing that goal.

Spend a while listening to people in your district to make sure you understand how they are served well in government and how they could be served better.

We Conservatives believe not in big, interventionist, centralized government. But in small and limited government, government as close to the people as possible.

I want to make sure we are spending wisely and using our resources effectively to address the issues facing San Francisco, while reaching residents throughout our entire City.

Mayors in any city are pretty non-partisan people where it's problem solvers.

As mayor, I'm charged with a big-picture agenda.

We need national economic policies that have been shown to work at the state level.

It's all about the choices we make as a society. We can choose to have poor schools and parks and higher tuition at Rhode Island's colleges. But we should make an active choice.

Oregon deserves a Governor who is fully focused on the duties of state.