Congress Election Quotes

New York congressmen have recently been plagued by a string of embarrassing scandals. Shirtless craigslist hunk Chris Lee, nonconsensual staff tickle monster, Eric Massa, naked texter Anthony Weiner, so this guy is now running to join those dubious ranks and win the Michael Grimm seat. And he's campaigning on the promise that he's too old to be too gross. And I'm not paraphrasing the campaign pledge.

My father died the year I was elected to Congress: 1987.

When I ran for Congress I promised to help make health care affordable again.

I am proud to be the first Hindu American to have been elected to Congress and now the first Hindu American to run for president.

Every two years for Congress, four years for President, illegal immigration comes out as a political issue.

You can get elected to Congress without ever talking to black voters at all, and I think that's bad for the party.

I ran for Congress in 1996 to help Ted Kennedy pass a comprehensive health insurance reform bill.

In 2010, we have to focus on electing a new Congress and in 2012 we have to focus on electing a new president.

I ran for Congress in 1992, but I lost the election, and I really dropped the idea of ever serving in Congress. Eventually, I went home and became the mayor of my city, West Palm Beach. I was mayor for eight years.

Both of my children - my daughter Caroline, a public school teacher, and my son Elliot, an Army Ranger - are dedicating their lives to public service; thus, they have inspired my own decision to run for Congress.