(28 quotes found)
“The president is the representative of the whole nation and he's the only lobbyist that all the one hundred and sixty million people in the country have.”
Harry S Truman
“I'm a lobbyist, and I have no interest in shutting down lobbying.”
Craig Holman
“Mr. Murdock was the chief lawyer, chief lobbyist -- he was the whole package on this deal.”
John Cox
“You can see the so-called lobbyist issue is nationwide.”
Craig Walton
“I'm not going to be a lobbyist, but an educator. You just stop doing something to do something else.”
Danny Lyons
“When I found out, I was willing to run a (legislative) repeal as part of HB213. But a UPEA lobbyist said I shouldn't.”
Dave Clark
“I have no financial relationship with the firm. I'm not a lobbyist.”
David Peterson
“The governor doesn't look at me and see a lobbyist coming through the door.”
Doug Scofield
“What is happening here is that your state and local tax dollars are being used to hire a lobbyist as a middle man to go after your federal tax dollars.”
Ed Frank
“... They're connected because often the political contributions open the door that allow the lobbyist in. The check by itself doesn't have written on it the agenda. It's the lobbyist that follows those contributions that brings the agenda.”
Larry Noble