Ronald H. Brown Quotes

If a member of Congress doesn’t pay attention to process of reapportionment as the result of the census, he ends up being called “former Congressman.”

Redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take.

Redistricting will determine the future control of Congress.

I like having a battleground district because I think that's real-life America.

Reapportionment is not friendly to a lot of communities and it hasn't been too friendly to mine.

California is among several states that already have fought their way out from under partisan gerrymandering by taking line-drawing authority away from the Legislature.

I've got the most beautiful district. I can understand why Republicans want it.

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.

If you ask the people who are professional political analysts, they would say that the way redistricting has worked, that the Republicans have something of a lock on the House until a redistricting occurs after 2010, particularly as a result of what DeLay did in Texas.

In the House, Republican prospects have been buoyed by several successful rounds of redistricting, which have sharply reduced the number of competitive seats and given the Republicans a national advantage of at least a dozen seats.

How … can one person be given twice or ten times the voting power of another person ... merely because he lives in a rural area.

Logically, in a society ostensibly grounded on representative government, it would seem reasonable that a majority of the people in a State would elect a majority of that State’s legislators.

There's no question about it, from a big picture standpoint, our No. 1 goal must remain reapportionment, because if we allow ourselves to get ruthlessly gerrymandered in reapportionment as we did last time, we can forget any reasonable chance of getting control of the U. S. House of Representatives until well into the next millennium.

Proportional representation, I think, is fundamentally counter-democratic.

I thought incorporating Columbus and Platte County into the 1st District was a good idea.

I'm an elected politician. If you don't agree with me, vote for somebody else.

Redistricting reform is one of the most important issues we can tackle.

Look, the people will elect the government they think best.

When you are choosing an MP you need to choose the person who is pretty much likely to be the best representative for your area.

Gerrymandering at its essence is supposed to be used to reflect the changing geography to ensure representation. But we know that politics gets involved and it's used to benefit whoever's in control. That's the problem we have with gerrymandering.

I enjoyed Parliament being a proper elected MP.

In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.

The elections are the greatest symbol of participation and political reform.

Take it from me: Elections matter.

My first district was Northwest Iowa. In 2002, it became North Central Iowa hooking around Des Moines down to the south, clear up to the northeast corner of the state.