Scott Pruitt Quotes

Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government.

At the federal level, as a member of Congress, you have one vote out of 435, and in the Senate, it's one out of 100. So, the ability to get some stuff done exists as a much larger opportunity at a local level than in the federal government.

It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government.

Between floor votes, hearings and meetings, a typical week in Washington is about 70 hours. And back in the district, it's about 60 hours, a lot of which is spent with constituents.

Everyone in Congress represents Washington.

Members of Congress will pay attention to members of their own districts.

More and more, the Negro vote is becoming the decisive power in National politics. The Negro vote is the balance of power in so many important big states that one almost has to have the Negro vote to win a Presidential election.

I am going to make Washington as irrelevant to your lives as possible

I’m going to take Tennessee ideas to Washington and make them work for the country.

Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states.

The different Washington, D.C.-based groups and the different special interest groups, they all want to be able to pick who they want to be a senator. They don't speak for everyone, and they definitely don't speak for Oklahomans.

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

You don't want to upset the people from California. They can outvote you.

Arkansas is a very small state, and it's even a smaller field when you break it down to Republicans in this state.

People get Washington-ized a lot of times, being down there for awhile, and forget that we're called members of the House of Representatives because we're meant to represent people.

The state sovereignty is key here in the Electoral College - and if you're going to start divvying up the power of each state's elections, you are destroying state sovereignty.

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

No matter where we go in the state, I hear from Mainers that they are ready for someone to stand up for them in Washington.

I've said for a long time that the governor and the mayors should be far more engaged in this conversation at the federal level. I mean, the consequences and the impact of the federal government's broken immigration policy do not land on the backs of the people in Washington. They just don't.

Particularly as a supposed 'conservative,' Trump ought to know something about the relationship between the federal government and the states.

I do believe that power needs to be returned to the states. I think that we've got way too much power in Washington. This is where I'm focused: way too much power in Washington.

I know if that I'm not fighting for my home state, my home district, that other members who are out there fighting for their state, their district, they're not going to fight for New York for me.

I represent the 9th Congressional District of Georgia. I'm their voice.

The people of the Fifth District of Louisiana need and deserve a voice in Washington.

Louisiana wants a leader that will take their values to D.C. and will fight for them without wavering.