“Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem to effortlessly push some Senate leaders toward conduct the American people don't want from their elected leaders: Abusing power. Inserting the government into our private lives. Injecting religion into debates about public policy. Jumping through hoops to ingratiate themselves to their party’s base, while step by step, day by day, real problems that keep American families up at night fall by the wayside here in Washington.”
Senator John Kerry
“When elected officials abandon our environment and ruin our natural resources, public health is endangered. I know the importance of providing a clean environment for our children; I have attended more than one funeral for a child who has died from an asthma attack.”
Gwen Moore
“we get what we deserve. They are our elected officials.”
George Carlin
“The people must insist on the truth from our elected officials and our news media,”
Ross Anderson
“If the elected officials in this city don't have the guts to stand up for the individuals they represent, we have no choice but to take up the fight on behalf of these individuals.”
Mason Tvert
“We subsidize a mission to Israel approximately once every 18 months for elected officials as well as civic and community leaders. While they are there, they get a chance to see first hand the things Israel is facing everyday.”
Ron Habler
“Pro-labor elected officials, who authorized this political payback program, will also benefit from the union's monopoly in years to come.”
Ryan Bedford
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