Jeff Duncan Quotes

My policy is I will help any policymaker who asks, whether they be a Republican or a Democrat.

I want to support John Boehner in any way that I can, but we need to be pragmatic.

Everybody knows they're on the Obama team: There isn't vice presidential vs. presidential division, there's not a generational pull. People have internalized that this is a real moment in history.

I think everyone knows how much of a joint effort being in politics is. It requires all kinds of sacrifices and all kinds of support.

There's been a long-standing relationship between me and individual members of the Green Party.

I perfectly understood President Obama's attitude throughout the French presidential campaign. He had no reason to distance himself from Nicolas Sarkozy. It's the basic solidarity that leaders who worked together owe to each other.

I don't know what the strategy will be in Washington. The reality is, is, I have got to go down there, as my mentor, as people like Bill Bradley have told me to do, get to know your colleagues on both sides of the aisle, recognize that they, too, beat with the same heart and the same type of blood.

Ultimately, Hillary and Obama are on the same side.

One of the positives of the Illinois delegation is the congressmen and women work together on issues of local concern in a lot of different ways.

Clearly, politics is a team sport. Trump is not so much of a team player.

I think the relationships that we [with Donald Trump] developed on Capitol Hill are the reason why he's asked me to be a part of the team that's working to move our agenda forward in the House and in the Senate.

I have decided to give my support to Theresa May. I intend to work closely with her, to campaign for her and I'm sure she'll be a very fine prime minister of this country.

We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans; we are all Federalists.

What matters the party to me? I shall find enough anyhow who unite with me without swearing allegiance

Don’t fear this campaign, my fellow Republicans, join it.

Being a part of a political party is something like being a partner in a marriage -- work at it and stay loyal to it, and when you can't stomach it any longer, leave it.

I guess blustery liberal Republicans flock together.

I have a long, long record of working with Democrats and Republicans alike.

The men in our lives, including members of the General Assembly, generously devote time to fundamental female reproductive issues. The least we can do is return the favor.

I look forward to working with President Trump. I've worked with him many times in the past, but we disagree.

We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.

I didn't know how to pass a major piece of legislation; I didn't know how to get colleagues to support my views. It took a lot of asking for advice and learning. One of the lessons is that you have to be able to tell people why you care, and you're only going to be able to do that if you talk to someone whom an issue is affecting.

Now that we have the Senate and the House fully controlled by Republicans, we need to be working together.

I've been able to bridge divides in a very partisan time and get Republicans and Democrats to work with me to try to improve people's lives.

In my district, I have a very clear mandate to work across the aisle.