Lobbyists Quotes

I`m a Republican only as far as I want a smaller government, I want less government intrusion, I want them to stop pissing on my money and your money, the tax dollars that we give 50 percent of, or 40 percent of, every year, and I want them to be fiscally responsible, and I want these goddamn lobbyists out of Washington. Do that and I`ll say I`m a Republican. But other than that, I want the government to take care of people who need help, like the kids in foster care, the half a million kids who are in orphanages right now - they call them foster homes, but they`re orphanages. I want them to take care of the elderly and give them free medicine, give them whatever they need. There`s tons, billions and billions of dollars that are just being wasted. Okay? I hate government. I`m apolitical. Write that down: I`m not a Republican.

When we go to the Statehouse, it`s one or two of us against a whole slew of tobacco lobbyists and their partners. You can see that this is a classic David versus Goliath with us going against big tobacco.

We work for the families back home, we do not work for the lobbyists that prowl the halls of the capital building, do not forget who we work for.

I have seen the times when the grassroots has moved the Congress. We listen way more often to our constituents than the lobbyists. And the grassroots are going to have to do it.

Real lobbying reform must end the practice of corporate lobbyists writing our laws.

Recently, lobbyists for the pharmaceutical industry wrote a prescription drug bill that increased their profits and did nothing to help seniors. The result: seniors are stuck with a confusing prescription drug plan that does little to help them with their costs.

I have been doing this for 50 years, and I have not found the substantial abuse that the lobbyists for this law seem to have found. The requirements sometimes just appear to be spiteful. They don`t have any real basis that I can see.

State legislators ensured that the sun will shine on the interactions between lobbyists and legislators and lobbyists and the executive branch.

Our lobbyists are talking about a new arena, and the development around the new arena.

Still, year after year strong mercury rules fail in Washington under pressure from corporate interests. Why? Not because the risks of mercury poisoning aren't real. No, lobbyists for the big industries just say they can't afford to make changes.