Joshua Micah Marshall Quotes

People in Indiana like to see their politicians at the county fair or the Rotary Club.

I'm a homing pigeon. When I'm in Tallahassee, I give everything I have to being, hopefully, the best legislator I can be. When I'm home, I'm home. I try to not do legislative stuff. That brings a balance to life.

Never you mind about the country, or about the state, or the city, or about the ward. You take care of your precinct.

I meet party workers. This is a must because it helps me understand the problems and issues of voters at the district level.

My dad was a city councilman and a county commissioner, so I grew up involved and engaged in the political process.

Professionally I would say taking up my constituents' problems is something I continue to enjoy after 22 years as an MP.

My plan after office is to get up and spend that entire first day helping my wife move into her new senatorial office.

I really hate I being a congressman because all it is is constituent service.

You can't assume anything in politics. That's why every Saturday I walk around my district. I talk to the longshoremen in Charlestown. I listen to the people in East Boston and their concern on the airport noise. I walk down to the Star Market in Porter Square, and people tell me about meat prices.

I have a track record of going out and talking to my constituents and then standing up and representing them. That's what people want.

When most kids were doing summer camp, I was doing the Arkansas festival circuit, passing out push cards, and shaking hands and tagging along with my dad to every nook and cranny in the state of Arkansas.

I've learned what Tip O'Neill meant when he said all politics is local. We need more people in Congress who have this experience, who have this boots-on-the-ground experience.

The job of an elected official is to communicate, to talk with constituents, to talk with the people of America, and I think Alexandria is excellent at doing that.

It's about grass-roots campaigning, meeting voters face-to-face, and above all, listening to what they have to say.

Some city-council people are really awesome, but most are uninspired.

My concept of hitting the ground running and being an effective legislator is to focus on my district and having really good constituent work.

My staff in Washington and in the state will be dedicated to constituent services and the best representation for our state.

I personally went canvassing door to door in a local race when I was in high school and thought it was kind of hilarious how worked up people got over such small stakes elections.

Representing the people of Welwyn Garden City makes me intensely proud.

I've been at every American Legion and VFW post in my district.

I will fight hard for my constituents in Congress as I have done in the state Senate.

At the federal level, as a member of Congress, you have one vote out of 435, and in the Senate, it's one out of 100. So, the ability to get some stuff done exists as a much larger opportunity at a local level than in the federal government.

Being an MP for a place you love is an extraordinary gift.

During the fall of my junior year, I interned in Intergovernmental Affairs in The White House with a focus on outreach to local elected officials. Although I hated the menial tasks the job required, it gave me a window into the power of local government.

I represent the 9th Congressional District of Georgia. I'm their voice.