Pete Gallego Quotes

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

My focus is on my constituents.

For me, there's nothing more important than serving my constituents and winning the House.

I don't really worry what outside groups who score votes think. My job is to represent the people.

My constituency is my top priority.

If I am elected to Congress, I will put the interests of our community first, and I will actively seek input and respond to it.

If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing.

If elected, I shall consider the whole people of Sangamon my constituents, as well those that oppose as those that support me. While acting as their representative I shall be governed by their will on all subjects upon which I have the means of knowing what their will is.

Members of Congress will pay attention to members of their own districts.

I want to fight hard for the values and priorities of my district.

My concept of hitting the ground running and being an effective legislator is to focus on my district and having really good constituent work.

My priority always has and will continue to be the people of Staten Island and Brooklyn who sent me to Congress to represent them. Their interests come before Washington, always.

When I'm elected to the Senate, I will continue to meet with all Marylanders, whether we agree on every issue or not.

The history of Hillary Clinton as a five-year senator is to promote Hillary Clinton and not the needs of New Yorkers.

I've decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver results for the middle class - a leader with the courage to do what's right, no matter how tough the odds or how powerful the special interests we have to fight.

I am extremely privileged to serve Rhode Island in the United States Senate, and that is my only goal and aspiration.

When I was first elected to the House in 2006, it was important to me to send a clear message to the people of NY-20: I wanted to be a representative for the people and shed some light on their government, so I became the first member of Congress to post my schedule, my financial disclosures and my earmark requests all online.

I hope to continue to be serving South Dakota in Congress.

To me, a politician's job is to listen to constituents' problems and try to sort them out.

Most people who get in trouble in politics usually get in trouble because they're disconnected from the people they serve, and I don't think anybody in Tennessee, even people who won't vote for me, would accuse me of that.

As a legislator, I saw how effective I could be by being transparent, posting and explaining all of my votes.

We've got to get back to old-fashioned politics that's in touch with the people we seek to represent and to avoid self-inflicted wounds.

After hearing from my colleagues, I have decided to run for Speaker of the House. Let's work together to make a difference for our country.

To make representation real and actual, the number of Representatives ought to be adequate; they ought to mix with the people, think as they think, feel as they feel, ought to be perfectly amenable to them, and thoroughly acquainted with their interest and condition:

Those members of Congress who want to bring back pork to their districts should stand up proudly and be counted.