Eric Garcetti Quotes

Common sense is not all that common in Washington DC.

Washington is not good at getting things done.

Given the slow pace of Washington's bureaucracy, policymakers are often busy solving yesterday's problems. This rearview mirror approach afflicts Mr. Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress.

Washington has become a place where good ideas come to die.

While I have worked hard to bring folks to the middle to craft common-sense solutions to the many problems that confront our nation, Washington is mired in gridlock, gamesmanship and constant partisan bickering.

There is a problem in Washington, and the problem is bigger than a continuing resolution. It is bigger than Obamacare. It is even bigger than the budget. The most fundamental problem and the frustration is that the men and women in Washington aren't listening.

Has Washington become so dysfunctional that even when we all agree on something, we can’t get it done?

Federal governments and even state governments within countries have basically been immobilized by conflicting interests, by conflicting views of what science is, and the inability to lead. They are immobilized because they don’t want to take tough votes and alienate half of the constituency.

One of the reasons Americans hold Washington in such low regard is the perception that nothing ever gets done. Whatever the issue - no matter how urgent - they always seem to be 'working on it.'

I didn't come to Washington to be part of the problem.

Washington is a complete mess. It's become a venue for partisan bickering, where the needs of the working class just don't matter.

We have a paralysis in Washington that's not serving our country. We have to address these issues.

You can see how dysfunctional this Congress is.

I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.

And I'm here to tell you, the reaction that I'm getting around the country, people are sick and tired of this word in Washington, compromise. This is why nothing ever gets done.

The crowd that is running Washington today has had 12 years and it failed

The people in Iowa know that Washington isn't working. It's devolved into partisan politics and a lot of gridlock and obstruction.

With Washington already broken, the last thing we need is a left-wing version of the Tea Party.

Unfortunately, even during a pandemic we've seen a process in Washington that makes no sense for the needs of Mainers.

Washington is a black hole into which all sanity is sucked out of government deliberations.

I'm not truly convinced solutions are coming out of Washington.

Washington is paralyzed by extreme political rhetoric that creates powerful sound bites but poor policy.

Here's what I have to say: Obama is a disaster, and Washington politicians are worthless.

In America, the political system just is paralyzed for whatever reason. Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong, in that it's just become this giant blob bureaucracy, the primary objective is self-preservation, and the definition of self-preservation is don't do anything because then you continue to illustrate where you're needed.

People have said to me 'I hope you won't let happen in Washington what is happening in Kansas.'