Paul Gillmor Quotes

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.

I represent 740,000 people who live in Brooklyn and in Staten Island. And I have to vote the way I see is in their interests and their interests only.

People get Washington-ized a lot of times, being down there for awhile, and forget that we're called members of the House of Representatives because we're meant to represent people.

I don't go to Washington to represent the president; I go to represent the people of this district.

My family has been in politics a long time in Los Angeles. We very much believe we are elected to represent the people. I mean, I am to give voice to, you know, the over half a million people I represent in my congressional district. I mean, that's the way it works.

We represent people, and any good congressperson wants to know how their people at home feel about issues. I can tell you for sure in our office that is taken into account, and that is true for any congresspersons I know.

I speak for the people I represent, so yes, my voice is heard. One reason they elected me is that their own individual voices may not be heard.

My constituents tell me they want a fight, and that's what I'm here to do.

I am not in Congress to be intransigent, but I certainly am here to represent the people who sent me.

The representative assembly (House of Representatives) ... should be in miniature an exact portrait of the people at large. It should think, feel, reason, and act like them

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

First and foremost, the duty of a representative is to represent the interests of his constituents.

We're representing our districts. I make decisions on my district.

I believe in the people of our state and making sure the voices of the people of our state are heard in Washington. And that frankly stands in contrast to some of what we've seen out of Sen. Tillis.

There is no question that I loved representing the people of South Florida.

If you're a representative, you listen to your constituents, and then you go vote their conscience. You don't go vote your special interest buddies' interest and then come back and justify it.

We represent our constituents. And so they don't get to dictate policy.

When they speak about 'We the people...,' we the people have to have a voice. It can't just be the establishment voice.

MPs are paid to be representatives of their constituents. They have to do that job.

Most of what I've proposed in Congress grew out of issues raised with me back here in Connecticut.

The key is to vote because we need a vote to put the people in power that we want to represent us.

I've been a loud voice as a Democratic leader for years, but that's not my job now. My job is to represent fishermen and farmers - everyone.

I know if that I'm not fighting for my home state, my home district, that other members who are out there fighting for their state, their district, they're not going to fight for New York for me.

I've stayed focused on the job at hand representing the people of the 5th district... a voice for everyone rich or poor or male or female.

I just want to be a spokesperson for the people.