Legislative Change Quotes

We have two parties who are basically hijacking our country for their corporate paymasters. And if we focus on 535 members of Congress, that's not all that many, we're going to see a fast turnaround. So focus all your concerns, all the information, the kind of agenda the Green Party has. Turn it right on your Senators and Representatives.

I think it is very good for the country, for the world, and especially for the Democrats that Harry Reid is retiring.

It is extremely difficult to rescind entitlements to which people think they are legally entitled. Taxes can easily go up and down. There isn’t the same political pressure.

In the 1950s, buggery was a criminal offence. Now it's a requirement to receive benefits from the federal government.

I have spent my life fighting for the underrepresented and I am working tirelessly to be New Mexico's champion in Congress.

The privatization law draft was recently released and I believe that very soon we will start applying it, of course taking into consideration the provisions of UNMIK (United Nations Mission in Kosovo).

My appetite for public policy and changing it, and not only being a part of the conversation, but affecting it in a positive way, never diminished after 10 years in Congress.

My mother informed me that the way to be a change agent to create change, the first line of defense, or however you want to phrase that, is politics and government.

It is perfectly evident to any logical mind that when you have got the vote, by the proper use of the vote in sufficient numbers, by combination, you can get out of any legislature whatever you want, or, if you cannot get it, you can send them about their business and choose other people who will be more attentive to your demands.

I took the repeal of the Corn Laws as light amusement compared with the difficult task of inducing the priests of all denominations to agree to suffer the people to be educated.

I really think we need to see how we can expand our privacy laws.

When they told me I couldn't sit on the Senate floor with an iPad - that the technology wasn't even permitted - I breathed deep and knew that I was going to have to start pushing.

Hillary Clinton complains that Donald Trump took advantage of the tax code. Well, why didn't she change it? Why didn't you change it when you were a senator? The reason you didn't is that all your friends take the same advantage that I do.

I believe in term limits. I believe the country would be hugely better off if we had more turnover in Congress.

The Senate needs a lot more diversity, and I bring quadruple diversity.

The public knows how many good things there are as part of the Affordable Care Act. The Republicans say they're going to repeal. They don't know what to replace it with.

I'd personally like to see the Human Rights Act go because I think we have had some problems with it.

America was founded on majority rule, not supermajority rule. Somehow, over the years, this has morphed into supermajority rule, and that changes things.

We started tearing down the seniority system on Capitol Hill. All of that begins in the '70s. It accelerates and continues in the '90s, and it's going on to this day.

I don't think political reform is likely to succeed. [Senators Tom] Udall and [Ron] Wyden, on the intelligence committee, have been sounding the alarm, but they are a minority.

I'm largely in favor of financial reform.

I like the House. The House is where you can effect the most change. It's such a fast-moving dynamic body compared to the Senate.

It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.

If we are going to change this country's laws, we need to have pro-life members of both parties.

Strong views exist on both sides but I believe MPs voting for gay people being able to marry too, is a step forward for our country.