Brian Kemp Quotes

What I intend to do is be just a really fierce advocate for Minnesotans here in Washington, D.C.

You put these politicians in office, but then you've got to tell them what you want them to do. And it's intimidating to most people. I was intimidated by it. I mean, calling my senator or writing my senator? I'm like, what do I say? What do I do? But we're showing people that the political process is actually less intimidating than we think.

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

This is about Floridians saying what's most important to them and making sure that we create an agenda that we can drive and deliver back in Washington, D.C. So it's very exciting.

The government must give men and women without power a real say over what happens to them, and the means of engaging in a participative, invigorated and living democracy.

When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then the citizenry better represent the citizenry.

I think people across America want a leader who's actually going to listen to them.

It's time for an American comeback... where leaders in Washington listen to 'we the people.'

When we compile a petition, we often have members go to their representative's or Senator's offices and deliver it in person. This way they can experience a real connection with the staff.

When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota.

We have a government that, generally speaking, does not respond to the people.

People have tremendous power, more than the average person understands, and certainly more than even I understood before I came to Congress. When any of my constituents writes me a letter, I promise you, we're listening.

I have kept a steady focus on restoring public faith in our state government since taking office July 1. Now it is time to make even bigger and bolder gains through legislative action.

Lobbying is not a bad thing. I'm not trying to say that we shouldn't have lobbyists or we shouldn't have lobbying to petition our government. It's in the Constitution, and it's something that should be honorable and good.

I think voters want somebody who understands their problems. You're right that they don't expect the president to fix everything. When he's wrestling with Congress and Wall Street and the rest of the world, they hope he'll be looking at things from their vantage point.

I do not believe that I have ever before written to an individual legislator in favor of an individual bill, but ….

The members of Congress are very, very good about sensing what people are upset about.

In a political sense, there is one problem that underlies all of the others. The problem is making government sufficiently responsive to the people.

That's what representative democracy is about, is members going to Washington but coming home and answering the tough questions.

I want to be the kind of elected official who not only pays attention but who acts on behalf of people - just average people. Fancy lobbyists get to tell their story, but the average person doesn't.

Serving in the U.S. Congress is about much more than voting on bills. It is about taking on the corporate bullies that taint our democratic process and pushing back when the system is broken.

I will fight hard for my constituents in Congress as I have done in the state Senate.

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

The House Freedom Caucus has the same agenda today as it did yesterday, and that is to try to address the needs of each of our constituents, address the concerns the voters have been saying they have for a long time.

It's important and good to email the Federal Communications Commission, and it's important and good to educate your friends via social media about what's happening. But in a representative democracy, the way to get policy changes is through elections.