Kay Bailey Hutchison Quotes

When the shadow of the Presidential and Congressional election is lifted we shall, I hope be in a better temper to legislate.

No one can be responsible for every congressman or every member of his own party.

The conventional wisdom in an election year is that nothing will get done until after the election.

In this constantly evolving world, Congress must be a good steward of policy to ensure our laws at least keep pace.

Each week, I will release a public schedule of how I am spending my time, and who I am meeting with in my Congressional office.

I don't know if I've seen in the Constitution where it says if there's an election year, then we take a break until after for us to do the business of the American people.

Even at the end of a presidential election campaign, we have no way to know what Mitt Romney really believes.

Hopefully, at some point, people will at least credit the Republicans with carrying out their oversight responsibilities and with pursuing a principled course of action even in the face of everyone's short-attention spans.

Well, first, if I am fortunate enough to be elected to the U.S. Senate, it won't be a party that will have elected me. It will be the people of California.

The American public should simply accept no distractions. In our democracy, it is our duty to hold our elected leaders accountable. We do it at the ballot box.

I will not be responsible for the loss of the Democratic majority in the United States Senate.

Professional politicians are busy looking out for their jobs. Send me to Congress so I can look out for your job.

Between floor votes, hearings and meetings, a typical week in Washington is about 70 hours. And back in the district, it's about 60 hours, a lot of which is spent with constituents.

It seems to me that election season is just a Petri dish for anger and cynicism.

Judges were not the biggest issue for most voters in Georgia in 2002.

Our constituents did not send us to Washington to shut down the government. They sent us here to make it more accountable.

Force members of Congress to be here four or five days a week—to be here full time as legislators.

The reality of going before the voters and seeking election should force Congressmen to behave.

The only problem with running for office is, once you are elected you have to serve.

You elect a President for four years and then you judge him in 100 days.

The essential democracy of our Nation and the safety of our people depend not upon the absence of power, but upon lodging it with those whom the people can change or continue at stated intervals through an honest and free system of elections

Members [of Congress] never make mistakes. Only the [congressional] staff make mistakes.

If I know anything, I know scary. And giving this President and this out-of-control Congress two more years to screw up our future is downright terrifying. Thankfully, this national nightmare is one we can end.

The success of our popular government rests wholly upon the correct interpretation of the deliberate, intelligent, dependable popular will of America.

We elect these people not to represent their parties but to represent us.