Legislative Career Quotes

Serving in Congress has been more than an honor; it has been one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life... It has been a wonderful ride. It has been a wonderful journey.

The only way to get anywhere in Congress is to stay there and let seniority take its course.

I have been in the Senate for 30 years practicing comedy.

I want to dig in before I finish with a career here in Congress - be known as someone who was a really serious legislator, who had really good ideas and was willing to work across the aisle to get broad consensus to solve some of these problems the country is facing.

When I was in the House for 16 years, I caucused with the Democrats.

I've been a speaker. I've been a majority leader. I've been a minority leader. Those are the sort of things I don't need any more.

Billy not only had a distinguished career in the Legislature, but he also has great business instincts and has done exceedingly well making investment decisions in both stocks and private ventures such as real estate.

The fact that a New Hampshire legislator's position is not seen as a career or a way of supporting a family has meant that it draws women. At times, I think men who might be looking for a paid career have known that they couldn't make one out of serving in the legislature. So there's a little more space for women.

My career in Congress is a story of before Sandy Hook and after Sandy Hook.

I've been very thankful in my state legislative career to have gotten support from both the MPAA and various movie studios.

I'm honored to have served for 18 years as Arizona's 10th Senator - and for four terms in the House of Representatives before that.

I started in the mailroom, literally, as an intern... in 1974. The legislator I was working for at the time said, 'I want you to get your law degree and come back here and get elected and be the first woman governor.' I kind of took that guy seriously - I thought that sounded like a pretty good idea.

I was never supposed to make it to Congress. I was a staff person.