(76 quotes found)
“The public remembers the bad experiences with lobbyists because those cases are prosecuted and publicized. The everyday lobbying activity that helps the system run doesn't come to their attention.”
Stephen Voss
“That's why it's so exciting. It was not something we applied for. It's not a lobbying thing.”
Harris Pastides
“It's just a divisive tactic that probably has political motive. We are aggressively lobbying legislatures to oppose the amendment.”
Steven Black
“Now, all interests are known to other interests. I call it the democratization of lobbying.”
R. Roth Rudd
“It's Orwellian. The pharmaceutical lobby writes the bill, passes it, and then they run ads thanking them for passing it.”
Richard Gephardt
“It took about six years to get the Black Lung stuff. It didn't come just instantly. Sometimes, I see lobby groups, today, upset because they work the whole session and nothing happens.”
Richard Grimes
“The only thing that may stand in our way is the pork rind lobby.”
Rep. Gary Simrill
“I got off the bus, I noticed nobody had their luggage. 'Where are our bags?' I got to the lobby and I still couldn't find it.”
Ricky Nolasco
“I never saw a more effective lobbying organization,”
Robert McCarthy
“This is a movie more about spin and talk and lobbying than it is about cigarettes.”
Jason Reitman
