Dan Donovan Quotes

Every decision I make in Congress will be centered on the needs of the district.

My goal is to reach out to communicate every day, whether I'm in Washington or in the congressional district. In Washington, the best opportunity to do that is on the House floor. It's both a responsibility and an opportunity. I enjoy, every day, taking to the House floor to address an issue or event that is significant for constituents.

What I care most about is representing my constituents. If that ruffles a few feathers along the way, so be it.

It's my job to represent the concerns and address the concerns my constituents have, and those concerns change over time.

I have never used my office for anything other than the purpose in which I hold it - to represent the people who sent me to Washington.

If they're willing to stand at polls for countless hours in the rain, as many did, then I should surely stand up for them here in the halls of Congress.

By the time I land in Iowa, I feel like my mind is more open to the reality of being back home and focusing on the problems of the people in my district.

I shall hold myself particularly answerable to my constituents for my present conduct, and in general to all my fellow Citizens throughout these States, when properly questioned.

Like it or not, the people of Arkansas sent me to Washington to represent them in this great body.

What I feel most strongly here being in Congress is kind of the burden - the good burden - of representing all of our military.

If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing.

I decided there was nothing in Washington as important as one constituent, and I dropped everything when one called.

When it comes to listening to my constituents or to the governor's staff, who are more interested in their pet projects and their government cars, I'll vote for my constituents every time.

They [Congressmen] may ... consult and prefer the interests of their particular constituents when they come in conflict with any other particular or local interest, yet it is their first or highest duty, as representatives of the United States, to promote the general good.

We did not send them [Senators] here to vote their conscience; we sent them here to vote the will of their constituents.

Members of Congress will pay attention to members of their own districts.

I want to fight hard for the values and priorities of my district.

For me, there's nothing more important than serving my constituents and winning the House.

I am focused on the work that the people of Arkansas sent me to do.

I was returned to the Senate by the people of Alaska, and I have an obligation to all of them - it's not an obligation to my party; it's an obligation to Alaskans.

I'm doing a good job in Washington.

I don't work for Donald Trump. I work with him. I work for the people who sent me up here. He ran on repealing and replacing Obamacare. Those people that put him and me in office expect us to repeal and replace Obamacare.

My concept of hitting the ground running and being an effective legislator is to focus on my district and having really good constituent work.

We need a Congress that cares more about doing the people's business than their own.

I don't really worry what outside groups who score votes think. My job is to represent the people.