James T. Walsh Quotes

I will support my party when they are right on an issue, but am not afraid to stand up to party bosses who are not looking out for the best interests of my constituents and our country.

It is a tenet of representative democracy that MPs are not delegates for their constituents. This means that their decisions and actions are ultimately governed by putting the best interests of all their constituency before all else.

Politicians in Washington and Madison aren't hearing, aren't listening to their constituents and prioritizing getting people back to work and growing our economy.

You elected government officials to make decisions and it's about time they started making good ones.

The press never accepts at face value that the President is taking a certain action because he wants to create jobs or because he believes that it is in the best interests of the American people or that he is genuinely committed to making life better for people.

I have always been an independent voice for the folks in my district.

Senator Martinez is not driven by polls; he is driven by the needs of the state of Florida and its 17 million constituents.

The American people are going to judge the majority party here today. If they go out here and vote for this rule that allows this provision to be stricken, they are voting against the men and women in the military of our country.

I would sooner attack either of those gentlemen in the open street than consent to oppose any local appointment they might desire to make in their respective states.

Political authorities should lead the way and not lag behind [public opinion].

We elect these people not to represent their parties but to represent us.

I'm one of these guys who believes you represent the people who sent you to Washington, D.C., not matter what the cost. The cost could be very grave.

I'm a Democrat, and that's worth fighting for.

I'm the leader of the SNP. I think you would expect me to say I would vote SNP in whatever constituency I lived in.

My purpose is to call on my colleagues, whether they're Republicans or Democrats, to get behind the agenda of trying to reform the government and make it work for the people rather than the other way around.

We need a Congress that cares more about doing the people's business than their own.

I'm proud to be a Democrat, and I feel pretty strongly that the country would be better off with Democrats in charge.

I'd like to vote for a bill. But I'm not going to vote for one unless I think it's going to be good for the area I represent.

Any public official - regardless of political party - who fails to recognize the problem with devaluing subsections of your constituency is unfit to serve and must step aside.

The people of New Jersey sent me to Congress because they are tired of partisan gridlock. They want to see our Congress get to work on legislation that will make people's lives better.

The House Freedom Caucus has the same agenda today as it did yesterday, and that is to try to address the needs of each of our constituents, address the concerns the voters have been saying they have for a long time.

As an MP, my first duty is to act in the national interest, regardless of party affiliation.

We should all be able to have faith that our governments are working in our best interests - and if they aren't, then they should be challenged and held to account.

If we're going to come together and make real progress to improve the lives of people here in Maine and across the country, then we need new leadership. Because after 24 years in Washington, Sen. Collins has become part of that broken system, putting special interests and her political party first. And Mainers know it and feel it.

In order to change Washington, we're going to have to change the people that we send there.