Josh Hawley Quotes

Two million dollars is only small when you're talking about Washington, D.C.

I believe both parties are sending the wrong kind of people to Washington, D.C.

A liberal doesn’t sell out to the special interests.

It is campaign money that calls the tune, a fact recognized by every politician within a few minutes after getting into politics.

The principal reasons that special interests can extract their price from government is money .... Those who do not accept money from PACs are those who have other sources.

Farmers who are legislators are the easiest to buy and seduce.

Money distorts the democratic process in a fundamental way.

People correctly perceive that the most powerful thing in Washington is money.

Congressmen are not bribed anymore. They simply have a lot of friends who are willing to help them out whenever they find it necessary.

Money speaks louder than words in Washington.

Money is influential in Congress, but votes will kick money’s ass any time they come up against each other.

This [political fundraising] is a very sophisticated system … This is a legalized bribery system where no one has to say anything. I don’t have to say what I want—you [the politician] know what I want.

They are one of the most profitable industries in the world, and they’re throwing money into Washington DC. They’re buying politicians.

Until we make campaigns affordable, then we're going to have too many members of Congress out rattling the cup with special interest groups.

I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.

Legislation to level the playing field for working families is dead on arrival in the Citizens United Congress.

In Ohio, we must put fairness to people and their families first, ahead of powerful special interests.

Research who your politicians are, even; know what they do, know who they're supported by legislatively, and know who is supporting them financially for their campaigns. Because ever since Citizens United, we've seen a massive growth in the amount of campaign contributions and corruption in politics as a result, and that has to change.

I'm setting the record straight - Chuck Schumer is nothing but a political animal who symbolizes all that's wrong with American politics.

Over the past few years special interests have had a larger and larger say over who gets what in America, and the voices of average citizens are being shut out.

Washington is dominated by big money.

The appalling reality in American politics today is that, when ideology and money mix, truth is a mere inconvenience.

When dealing with American politics, you try to follow the money, and that's where it leads you. It doesn't take you to the electoral college or to Princeton. It takes you down the darker alleys of American life.

American politicians are responsive almost solely to the interests and desires of their rich constituents and interest groups that primarily represent big business.

Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that.