Mike Braun Quotes

When I ran for the Senate, I ran to bring change to Washington, not simply to become a woman senator.

I'm running because Hoosiers deserve a senator who makes promises here in Indiana and then keeps them in Washington.

Women have had the vote for over forty years and their organizations lobby in Washington for all sorts of causes; why, why, why don't they take up their own causes and obvious needs?

For over 25 years, Lacy Clay has been a powerful voice for working families and a tireless advocate for the people of St. Louis. And throughout his long career in public service, I've considered Lacy a close personal friend.

My federal, state, and local experience will allow me the opportunity to effectively represent the constituents of the Fourth District.

I am not in Washington as a statesman. I am there as a very well paid messenger boy doing your errands. My chief occupation is going around with a forked stick picking up little fragments of patronage for my constituents.

I decided there was nothing in Washington as important as one constituent, and I dropped everything when one called.

I really hate I being a congressman because all it is is constituent service.

I think, in Washington, getting things for the great people of Texas done is an important job.

My staff in Washington and in the state will be dedicated to constituent services and the best representation for our state.

It's our duty in Congress to bring the voices of our communities to Washington.

Hoosiers sent me to Washington to offer solutions.

I will be my own kind of senator using my own best judgment and my own experience.

Every decision I make in Congress will be centered on the needs of the district.

I would absolutely classify as being incredibly progressive the fact that I am the third female prime minister.

Do I want more women elected to Parliament? Absolutely. I devote significant amounts of time to getting more women in that situation.

I will not allow my experience to scare off other young women or girls from running for office. For the sake of all of us we cannot let that happen.

I have never used my office for anything other than the purpose in which I hold it - to represent the people who sent me to Washington.

In 1984, Geraldine Ferraro made history by participating in the first male-on-female vice presidential debate against George H. W. Bush. What should have been a groundbreaking moment for gender equality in politics became a forum for old gender expectations.

So many women don't have voices in their governments.

My constituency is my top priority.

My approach to public service is straightforward: I fight every day for New Jersey families, small businesses, veterans, and seniors and work to change the way business is done in Washington.

We need to do a better job of mentorships and role models to bring other young women along so that there's more women in our boardrooms, there's more women here in the United States Senate and in Congress. I think there's an important role for women to play.

Politics has to be a place where women want to go.

In the district I represent, I have to talk to everybody.