Joe Garcia Quotes

I want to go back to Congress and get to work on making a real difference for the families and workers of South Florida.

My constituents tell me they want a fight, and that's what I'm here to do.

Conservatives of Western North Carolina should send Mark Meadows to Congress. We need his help.

I have decided not to run for the U.S. Senate and instead continue my efforts to make California a better place to live, work, and raise a family. We have come a long way, but our work is not done, and neither am I.

Residents expect their state leaders to deliver solutions for the people of their state.

Most of what I've proposed in Congress grew out of issues raised with me back here in Connecticut.

I decided to run for Congress to get and keep people in the middle class.

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality.

What motivated me to dedicate myself to public service for nearly two-thirds of my life was the chance to produce results for those people who entrusted me to be their voice and their champion.

I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve.

Good ideas are the backbone of good government.

I am proud to represent people who care so deeply about their communities. Their perseverance and strength only motivates me more as their representative in Congress.

I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else.

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.

I'm just the democratic voice of Bolivia.

I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government.

I would not want to live in a country that would have me as a leader in any sort of political bent.

Politics is a good thing!

I was very productive as a senator for my state.

My family has been in politics a long time in Los Angeles. We very much believe we are elected to represent the people. I mean, I am to give voice to, you know, the over half a million people I represent in my congressional district. I mean, that's the way it works.

My focus is on my constituents.

Politics is about a lot more than winning and losing. I think politics at its best is about compromise, shades of grey and about issues.

Politics requires the sense of possibility. Dare I say it - the audacity of hope.

I have just come out of an electoral experience with the people of my country in which I invited them to join me in a partnership for governance.