Jeff Van Drew Quotes

The American people expect and deserve a government that works and leaders who work together.

I know we can fix our problems. When there are people in the room who care more about doing the job they were elected to do than they worry about winning reelection, it is possible to work together, achieve principal compromise, and get results for the people who give us these jobs in the first place.

I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve.

Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship.

Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it.

This is not about being liberal. This is not about being conservative. This is about making sure our government works for all Americans.

We need elected officials who overcome partisan politics to really help people.

Let's end the political games. Stop the finger pointing and do the work the American people sent us here to do.

In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team.

A lot of people talk about running for office, but what are you going to do when you get there? It's about service - and there aren't enough hours in the day.

When the people's representatives have to go on record and vote, it transforms our country. It is a full recognition that we are in a state of war.

I've always said I would serve where Montanans feel I could be the most effective.

The people we send to Washington have to roll up their sleeves, stop the fighting, and work together on issues that are not political, not partisan, but personal to families across our state and our nation.

It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government.

I'm a strong believer in bipartisanship.

For me, running for office is never about trying to destroy an opponent, be it Democratic or Republican. It really ought to be about how can we solve some problems that we're facing.

I have a lifelong devotion to public service.

Politicians must be simple and clear about how their ideas will serve the national cause. We can no longer use the complexity of today's problems as an excuse for inaction, rhyme or rhetoric that does not meet the challenges before us.

We need to rediscover the idea of the common good and work together to build a home.

My view is, Democrat, Republican, it doesn't matter, my view is I'm in Washington to try to work with people.

Most senators are just going to work and trying to do a job.

It's time for all of us to unite across the state of Washington to build a working Washington. Let's get to work.

Senator Martinez is not driven by polls; he is driven by the needs of the state of Florida and its 17 million constituents.

This gets back to the fundamental lesson of political survival that Bill Clinton taught me, which is if you make it about the American people's lives instead of your life, you're going to be okay.

After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that government be accessible... and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.