Congress Reform Quotes

Restoring the people's voice in Congress is not just one part of our Better Way agenda, it's the most important part. Unless people are back in the driver's seat, we won't be able to rebuild our military, roll back the red tape, or help our most vulnerable.

Nearly 75,000 Demand Progress members have urged Congress to fix the Patriot Act.

I want the Congress that really is going to listen to the people. I really don't care what party it is anymore.

It has a natural appeal, but I don't believe that even in 2020 there will be term limitations on Congress.

I think it's time... that we reform Congress to the point where all public assistance comes in one single committee. One area where all public assistance can be located, and it will be easy to see all the duplications, all the waste, so much easier to see areas where fraud is running rampant.

An approach that phases in congressional term limits reconciles the self-interest of members of Congress with the public's desire to see these changes enacted and gives us the best chance to make term limits a reality.

There are bills being discussed to raise the amount that Members of Congress pay in to their benefits and I support these pieces of legislation.

When I came to Congress, I campaigned for fiscal responsibility. And the earmarking problem and crisis caused a great erosion in the public's confidence in Congress. We've got to find a way to do it without that. And I'm confident that we can.

If Congress wants to reform our nation's air traffic control system, it must do so without creating new mandatory user fees and additional layers of regulatory bureaucracy.

Making Congress into a less crisis-driven institution starts with electing members of Congress who can take the long view.

I have one desire: That is to have a principle-based, member-driven Congress. Period. That's what I want.

The only way to improve the GOP brand and make good public policy is to fix the process. This requires transforming the way Congress does business.

We're going to have more women run for office. We can shift what's going on in Congress.

If congress refuses to obey its own rules. If congress refuses to pass a balanced budget. If congress refuses to read the Bills. Then I say, sweep the place clean, limit their terms, and send them HOME!

Let's come together and form our own party, and give the other parties hell - and then vette who we want, and take down these crooked rotten politicians that are in Congress, in the White House, and in the Supreme Court.

We pledge to you that we will create jobs. End economic uncertainty and make America more competitive. We will cut Washington wasteful spending and reduce the size of government. And we will reform Congress and restore your trust in government.

I think we should have more politicians from the street …. We need more regular people up here in Congress.

My personal belief in doing Brand New Congress is that the movement needs something to focus on that's constructive.

For background, Brand New Congress was created in the summer of 2016 with the goal of recruiting 400 candidates to run for Congress with a national campaign and a clear set of policies they would advocate for. It was an attempt to create, as per the name, a brand new Congress.

We favor putting Congress on a commission basis. Pay them for results. If they do a good job and the country prospers, they get 10% of the extra take.