Elise Stefanik Quotes

I think that people are tired. They're tired of the same old kind of politics. People want a new tone to politics.

People are fed up with the career politicians who created this mess or failed to prevent it and neither was acceptable, and the only way we could change that was by sending a different type of person to Washington.

My whole deal is reforming, changing, shaking up Washington. It sure needs it.

But I think the - what the tea party movement demonstrates, and I think the, the, the enthusiasm that we're seeing from independents and Republicans, is that if Washington isn't going to change itself, then we're going to change Washington. And I think that's what we're seeing.

People in both parties are restless for change, ready to break free of old patterns in Washington.

I'm focused on bringing real change to Washington because the career politicians have screwed things up so badly.

Voters seem to understand what a big waste of time trying to change Washington is.

I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.'

I think that politics needs a bit of spicing up.

Like most thoughtful people who watch what's going on in Washington, venting is very necessary.

Soon, the Obama presidency will end, and America will have the chance to turn in a new direction.

I spent 10 years fighting for reform in Cook County, and I didn't change my DNA when I got to Washington.

We need new energy back in Washington.

The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.

People in Israel are sick and tired of the old politics.

Change very often comes to Washington, not from Washington.

Because I really believe that Russia needs a fresh face, a new generation, to be seen on the political stage.

We absolutely have to change the status quo in Washington.

I'm trying to make the case to voters across the political spectrum that someone who brings a younger perspective - a fresher perspective... can change the culture in Washington more effectively than someone who has run for office 9 or 10 times.

My travels have made clear that people across this state - from every political perspective - are looking for a new leader in Albany.

I believe we need new leadership to put the partisan gridlock behind us, and I promised my constituents I would vote for new leadership.

As a newcomer to politics, I knew in my bones that we as a country were better than what we see coming out of Washington. And we are.

Why do millennials like Bernie Sanders so much? I love that this is a mystery to Washington. It's the authenticity, stupid.

I didn't want my next U.S. senator to be someone who was going to go up there and do the same stuff people have been doing. But I guess our argument is it's okay to be angry and upset at Washington.

We need leadership. We don't need a doubling down on the failed politics of the past.