Kenneth Chenault Quotes

It's our duty as leaders in Washington to keep the government running.

What Washington needs is adult supervision.

Our constituents did not send us to Washington to shut down the government. They sent us here to make it more accountable.

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

Unlike in Washington, Virginia's leaders don't run from serious problems. We tackle them.

You'll never get progress in Washington until you have a majority, bipartisan majority, that really wants to solve problems.

Congress should get the job done.

So I went into government with a clear mind about what the problems were, and what needed to be done.

It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.

I'm one who demands a lot from people. I'm not afraid to look at alternative ways in city government. That's what I've done in my two years and will continue to do in the next four.

What is the purpose of public service? It's to solve problems for the people you represent and certainly in the United States Senate, thinking about your state and thinking about your country as well.

Washington doesn't have just a spending problem, or just an entitlement problem, or just a taxing problem. We have a leadership problem. Fix that, and the first three problems are solved.

Here's the thing Washington always misses. Washington always wants a deal. America wants a solution. Americans sent us here to solve problems.

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.

When the going gets tough in Washington, presidents appoint 'blue ribbon' commissions.

If you are a U. S. senator, you can give an ideological response to a serious problem and probably never be held accountable for it. Whereas the [state] governors are dealing with the real world—they have to run things, to make them work.

Government is about hard choices.

I’ve learned that governing is more difficult than criticizing.

The job of government is to govern. They ought to get on with it.

On Capitol Hill we like to make tough speeches. We don’t like to make tough choices.

As a legislator, I was elected to make the tough decisions and produce solutions to the problems facing our country.

I didn't come to Washington to be part of the problem.

If you will trust me with your vote, you can count on me to take those values to Washington.

I will go on doing what voters tell me to do, which is working with others, working out solutions, and getting results.

Congress needs to step up. Congress needs to do their job, and Congress needs to do their job now.