Jon Ossoff Quotes

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 think all politics is local.

Being out and about talking to residents and representing their views is, in my view, as important to politics as the grandstanding that takes place in Westminster.

For me it's more important to look at each constituency individually and find a community I feel I can serve to the best of my abilities, and where I feel I can make a real difference, and further their cause.

Members of Congress will pay attention to members of their own districts.

It's all about representing the forgotten men and women, to make sure that they have a voice and members of the Freedom Caucus take that very seriously.

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.

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

This is about Floridians saying what's most important to them and making sure that we create an agenda that we can drive and deliver back in Washington, D.C. So it's very exciting.

I look forward to continuing to represent the people I'm currently serving, as well as the new communities that will be a part of this district in the future.

All politics is local.

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.

People are even more wary of politicians and they are realizing that democracy isn't just about putting a cross on a ballot every four years, it's about deciding what you want and fighting for it.

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.

Almost any member of ours is more effective with his elected representatives than I am.

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

I want to fight hard for the values and priorities of my district.

We think that when the American people make a decision together that they want something, politicians have to listen to them, and that's the process we believe in.

I want to be the kind of elected official who not only pays attention but who acts on behalf of people - just average people. Fancy lobbyists get to tell their story, but the average person doesn't.

I want Albertans to know they will have a champion in Erin O'Toole.

No matter where we go in the state, I hear from Mainers that they are ready for someone to stand up for them in Washington.

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

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

It's important and good to email the Federal Communications Commission, and it's important and good to educate your friends via social media about what's happening. But in a representative democracy, the way to get policy changes is through elections.