Kasie Hunt Quotes

One of the things I love most about the Capitol Hill beat is that I have regular access to the lawmakers I cover.

I've said many times: I'm not a Washington reporter.

I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power.

I was unknown because I came to Washington from the West. I started covering Watergate. Immodestly, I'd say I did it pretty well, in part because it was hard to go wrong.

I started working as a reporter in Washington on October 1, 2013, the day the government stopped working.

Most political journalists come to Washington because they're snappy writers, big thinkers, or news breakers. Me? My ticket to the big leagues had little to do with talent. It was mostly about the governor I was covering, Bill Clinton.

Many reporters, when they go to work in the nation’s capital, begin thinking of themselves as participants in the political process instead of glorified stenographers.

I covered Congress, and everyone always wanted me to be a political reporter.

From breaking down the latest headlines on 'FOX News @ Night' to explaining the complexities of the law, I have had the opportunity to report from the front lines of the major stories emanating out of Washington.

Washington is dominated by big money.

I have always been a big meta guy because I think the way journalism is practiced in Washington, and the way everyone sort of cohabitates in the same fishbowl is ultimately a bigger part of the story than people outside of the fishbowl really know.

Getting one bill passed is close to impossible. Ask any kid who has spent a summer in Washington, or better yet a semester, and can't understand how people tolerate its menu of constant frustration. Imagine mastering it.

It's not like I just have to go to Washington and go to the White House everyday, and go to the same press conference at 10 in the morning and then be briefed at 4 in the afternoon, and then get a story on at 6.

Leaks and whispers are a daily routine of news-gathering in Washington.

Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system - there are lots of nice, well-meaning people there. But it's a sleazy place. And politics is all about doing favors.

I was a political reporter for quite some time, so I followed around all sorts of different politicians.

AP promoted me to the White House beat because I knew Clinton, his family, friends, and staff better than anybody in the national press corps. Those contacts helped me break a few stories and get my career in Washington jump-started.

I have an interest in getting government officials to talk to me about National Security affairs. You know, that's my bread and butter; that's how I make my living.

During my time in Washington, I have become increasingly frustrated by the power held by the gun lobby.

I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.

I want to thank the people of Texas for asking me to represent them in Washington.

Everything's viewed with a political lens in Washington, and that's just the nature of the beast, and it is what it is.

Washington newspaper men know everything.

What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.

I would love to do an unauthorized biography about Congress... It's like a secret society up there.