Carlos Lopez-Cantera Quotes

In Washington, you have imaginary problems, and they can't even solve the imaginary problems.

Washington has become a place where good ideas come to die.

Has Washington become so dysfunctional that even when we all agree on something, we can’t get it done?

One of the reasons Americans hold Washington in such low regard is the perception that nothing ever gets done. Whatever the issue - no matter how urgent - they always seem to be 'working on it.'

Unfortunately, even during a pandemic we've seen a process in Washington that makes no sense for the needs of Mainers.

Here's what I have to say: Obama is a disaster, and Washington politicians are worthless.

Given the slow pace of Washington's bureaucracy, policymakers are often busy solving yesterday's problems. This rearview mirror approach afflicts Mr. Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress.

We have a paralysis in Washington that's not serving our country. We have to address these issues.

Government is dysfunctional.

You can see how dysfunctional this Congress is.

Everywhere I go - from Main Street to Wall Street - people ask, 'What's happened to our political system? Why can't Washington folks work together?'

In Washington, compromise has become a dirty word.

Delay has the odor of the Beltway.

Voters seem to understand what a big waste of time trying to change Washington is.

Congress is dysfunctional.

It's a cliche that the Senate is broken, and like most cliches, it's true.

There is a problem in Washington, and the problem is bigger than a continuing resolution. It is bigger than Obamacare. It is even bigger than the budget. The most fundamental problem and the frustration is that the men and women in Washington aren't listening.

And I'm here to tell you, the reaction that I'm getting around the country, people are sick and tired of this word in Washington, compromise. This is why nothing ever gets done.

The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; it's broken. One of our three branches of government is broken.

I've lived in Washington now for 44 years, and that's a lot of folly to witness up close. Whatever confidence and optimism I felt towards the central government when I got here on January 1, 1970 has pretty much dissipated at the hands of the government.

Did you ever wonder who when our problems are getting larger and larger, out politicians are getting smaller and smaller?

Common sense is not all that common in Washington DC.

While Washington's establishment ... is whipped into motion by the mere whiff of an emotional issue or scandal, there is no reward in today's Capitol for fixing the broken mechanics of government or solving the huge problems that haunt us.

When I watched what public life in Washington is like these days, I concluded that I didn't want it ... the whole climate of public service—that every day you've got to expect a negative story.

Everyone in Washington knows what needs to be done. They just don’t do it because there’s always someone else they can blame.