Mike Braun Quotes

I have an open door to meet with my constituents and that I work hard to respond to their needs, and I'm proud of the constituent service that we provide.

The real issue is, are you available to the folks you represent? And I am.

We're [Congress is] a little like Sears Roebuck or any other consumer oriented company. We have a wide range of people who want our help, and we have a steady increase in customer service.

My job in the Senate is not just to give speeches and do interviews, it's to solve problems.

Even the dumber parts of our government are not run by idiots. These are ordinary people like us, doing a job. By and large, they're trying to do it as well as they can. Or at least as often as people in the private sector try to do as well as they can.

My staff in Washington and in the state will be dedicated to constituent services and the best representation for our state.

My priority has always been listening and understanding the voices of those I represent, and I work every day to address the concerns people have for their families.

That's what you've got to be to be an MP: a problem solver. How can I help you? How can I engage? What do you need?

Politicians have to be committed to people in equal measures.

Too many people in government seem to think they are above regular folks, and I said I would expect humility in the way each member of my team served- that they would recognize that the taxpayer is boss.

My focus is on my constituents.

Part of my job is to advocate on my constituents' behalf to federal agencies who aren't always responsive.

I take the definition and title of my job - Representative - seriously. That's what I will be above and beyond everything else.

I'm in a privileged position and I'm going to do my utmost to use that privileged position on behalf of the U.K., its citizens, its businesses and people.

When I'm governor... I'll be the first governor with a listed telephone number.

A governor can be a very good friend to people. A governor can be a formidable force.

I think, people who remain in the political sphere as opposed to going into the private sector, really what they're looking at is how in some ways the compensation is power. How do you place a price tag on the ability to affect millions of people's lives? How do you place a price tag on the ability to determine the rules by which all of us play?

[Referring to constituent services:] It's not the stuff that makes great news, but it's life and death to the people involved.

Duty, gratitude, interest, ambition itself, are the cords by which they [the Federal representatives] will be bound to fidelity and sympathy with the great mass of the people.

The government’s role is to motivate the private sector, to assure that it performs in a way which serves the public interest.

We [politicians] have a bad habit of not putting ourselves in the place of those we are trying to represent, and whose needs we are supposed to be considering.

You have to tell the people that you want to serve what it is you believe and what you are going to do on their behalf.

It is our job, our responsibility as their representatives to help them. If we choose not to do that, we should not be their representatives.

The job of elected officials is to answer to the people who sent them to Washington - not to scorn them, not to demean them, not to mock them, and not to sell their jobs and dreams to the highest bidder.

As your Senator, I always fought the fight for those who could not fight for themselves, and I believe the results speak for themselves.