Elissa Slotkin Quotes

Part of the problem you have is that you don't have a dialogue between elected officials and their constituents. They've built these barricades, these barriers around themselves and tried to avoid interaction with their constituents.

When I was first elected to the House in 2006, it was important to me to send a clear message to the people of NY-20: I wanted to be a representative for the people and shed some light on their government, so I became the first member of Congress to post my schedule, my financial disclosures and my earmark requests all online.

When I'm governor... I'll be the first governor with a listed telephone number.

I think there's been a decline in the public's access to what's being done with their tax dollars, what's being done in their name. I hope that that will be repaired.

On taking office, Obama promised the 'most transparent' administration in history; yet his record as president has been anything but transparent.

Why does the White House sometimes seem so determined to close the door on the people's right to know what their government is doing?

The people have the right to know what their Agents are doing or have done, and it should not be in the option of the Legislature to conceal their proceedings.

Members [of Congress] go back now and report on TV. And the local press doesn't have the slightest idea of what you're doing on public policy unless you get caught in a scandal.

All persons who take part in government are accountable for their actions.

Since I've been in the Senate, is that my work with people like Tom Coburn on opening up transparency in government, making sure that every dollar the federal government spends that's out there - that that's all posted on a searchable database on the Internet.

Beyond providing some level of scrutiny of Kenyan MPs, we built Mzalendo to demonstrate that there is only so much bemoaning you can do about your representation.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and the public is entitled to know what the legal views of a Supreme Court candidate are.

Throughout my first term in office, we have taken many steps to keep my commitment to make my work in Congress as transparent and accessible as possible.

I am proud of the work we have accomplished for the citizens of Northeast Florida and our nation during my time in Congress.

One of the reasons the American public holds unelected government officials in such low esteem is that they are never held accountable for their failures.

I want to hold government accountable and help create a more efficient and effective government.

We have to make the bureaucracy accountable to the people. It is not something esoteric, it can be done.

I will never take a day off policing the people we pay and keep a public trust with. I will use my camera, my pen, my pad, and my network to do my part, to make sure that Americans will no longer fear their government. Or its employees. They work for us - not the other way around.

My goal is to give our taxpayers greater access and visibility into how their taxpayer dollars are being spent.

The more government transparency, the better.

We are absolutely going to make sure Paul Ryan is being held accountable to the people.

Transparency in government, no less than transparency in choosing government, remains a vital national interest in a democracy.

We should all be able to have faith that our governments are working in our best interests - and if they aren't, then they should be challenged and held to account.

Politicians can and should be held accountable for their choices.

We are trying to make politics more open. It became a Ukrainian tradition to make decisions behind closed doors.