Jeb Hensarling Quotes

It's time to bring tough medicine to Washington. No longer will policy be set by K Street, it will be dictated by Main Street.

A deep cynicism is taking hold of the country, with more and more Americans convinced that big money calls the shots in Washington and that there is nothing that can be done about it. We must resist that conclusion and fight back on behalf of everyday citizens. Reform is possible, and it is imperative.

For me, it all comes down to one issue: if we can get money out of political systems, the whole world will change.

I ran for Congress in 2012 because I had had enough. Enough of career politicians, enough of political gamesmanship, and enough of the lack of leadership in Washington.

I'm running for Senate to create real change in Washington, which starts with getting big money out of politics and overturning Citizens United.

With every new class of representatives that comes to Congress, there is a greater recognition of the perils of private financing of campaigns. I believe that by pulling back the curtain on the daily pressures faced by members of Congress, we can show the public how critical this reform is to the salvation of our democracy.

Anyone who has been around Washington politics long enough can't avoid this truism: Election-year money is like a rushing river that invariably finds cracks in any dam the reformers erect.

Too many people in Washington care about power institutions, not caring about changing the lives of everyday Americans.

At a time when special interest money is being showered on legislators in Washington, grassroots donors offer members of Congress a refreshing independence. The $25 and $50 donor is not looking for special favors. He or she is simply expecting their Congressman to go do the right thing.

Wall Street's outsized influence in our nation's capital is something I've talked about for a long time - long before I even thought about running for office. But where I see a problem - an infestation, really - a lot of others in Washington, both Democrats and Republicans, seem to see government working just fine.

There are over 30,000 lobbyists circling around the 535 members of Congress. The people should have their Senator as their lobbyist.

That would be the biggest shake-up Washington ever had, if big money didn't dictate who the candidates were and who got elected.

It's time for grassroots citizens to have a president that's focused on them rather than the super PACs.

Everybody that's trying to get anything progressive done in this country knows that the biggest barrier is getting money out of politics.

Serving in the U.S. Congress is about much more than voting on bills. It is about taking on the corporate bullies that taint our democratic process and pushing back when the system is broken.

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

By ending congressional taxpayer-funded pensions, we will take one more step toward draining the swamp in Washington.

Hoosiers sent me to Washington to help President Trump drain the swamp, and it starts with cutting out generous taxpayer-funded perks that keep career politicians in D.C.

President Donald Trump set out to drain the Washington swamp, and perhaps no one has aided him more effectively than senior adviser Jared Kushner.

I'm trying to avail myself of the various technologies to get the message that Washington needs to be cleaned up, that the system that's in place is not what's beneficial in the country.

I would do away with super PACs. I think it's a cancer.

That's one of the things about the Tea Party people. They think corporations have too much influence in American life and they do.

It's the No.1 issue with people I talk to, whether Republican, Democrat or independent. They want to see the way business is done in Washington change.

Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that.

Do the elected officials in Washington stand with ordinary Americans - working families, children, the elderly, the poor - or will the extraordinary power of billionaire campaign contributors and Big Money prevail? The American people, by the millions, must send Congress the answer to that question.