Corrine Brown Quotes

Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on those little tiny, yes, porky amendments - the American people really don't care.

Reducing the budget for Amtrak makes no sense unless the Administration is prepared to implement a reform strategy which can be supported by the budget request.

Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people we are listening and we are dead serious about ending business as usual in Washington.

The American people think the government in Washington is too big. That it spends too much. And - and that it's totally out of control. They want something done about it.

We know that Medicare's going broke in seven years, but we need to start over. That's what the American people want us to do.

I think politicians are so far out of step with what people really want.

The phrase 'private option' itself has become politically toxic.

In Westminster, we can sometimes forget just how much the public hate their money being wasted.

We are not opposed to public transportation. We are opposed to wasteful boondoggles.

The disconnect between what people think and what the political leaders are actually doing is something that we really need to start raising.

A lot of people in America and Europe feel that their governments are not representing them very much.

When we ignore the will of the people, people lose.

A new poll shows only 3 percent strongly approve of the job Congress is doing, with a margin of error of 4 percent, so it's possible that "less than no one" thinks they're doing a good job.

The politicians think that I have not included enough of them; the nonpoliticians think that I have gone back to the old ways; and the mass public groups think I have forgotten them.

When I came to Congress, I campaigned for fiscal responsibility. And the earmarking problem and crisis caused a great erosion in the public's confidence in Congress. We've got to find a way to do it without that. And I'm confident that we can.

What does Washington experience have to do with meeting the needs of the American people?

A lot of these so-called left positions are actually centrist by the standards of the American people, just not by members of the American Congress.

If it doesn't have a full delay or defund of Obamacare, I know I and many others will not be able to support whatever the leadership proposes.

The polls are with us on this. They say the American people, more than anything, want to see spending cuts rather than tax increases.

I was talking to Marylanders... What we were hearing, everywhere, was an overwhelming sense of frustration. People felt a huge disconnect between Annapolis and the rest of Maryland.

Because the referendum in 2016 wasn't just about our relationship with the E.U., it was about millions of people and their relationship with politics as a whole.

Politics for me is when I feel a personal engagement between people: I don't trust politicians.

This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.

I just want to faithfully represent the public that voted for me and diligently work for all the people in Israel. If I can do that, I don't care what anyone says about me.

I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.