I'm very proud to be a member of the Congress. And I'm proud to serve with people like Mike Doyle.
If you can't be president - if you cannot stand up and represent Americans, you should not be president.
The House [of Representatives] has become not so much a legislative assembly as a huge panel from which committees are selected.
I have an open door to meet with my constituents and that I work hard to respond to their needs, and I'm proud of the constituent service that we provide.
Instead of the function of governing, for which it is radically unfit, the proper office of a representative assembly is to watch and control the government.
I'm an extension of the coach on the floor.
When you're the voice who represents our music and our family, it's an amazing, and a huge, responsibility. I am able to not only be an ambassador for my own family but for everyone.
I do not represent public opinion. I represent the public. There is a wide difference between the two, between the real interests of the public and the public’s opinion of those interests.
You will find me standing up to my rack, as the people's faithful representative, and the public's most obedient, very humble servant.
What I feel most strongly here being in Congress is kind of the burden - the good burden - of representing all of our military.
I don't think anyone is closer to the voters in Washington than members of the House of Representatives.
When I chose to run for public office, I pledged to stand with the people of Nevada rather than follow a partisan line.
My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on.
Having been in Congress, you know that's part of our responsibility the constituent has a problem, We're supposed to write back and say, 'Well I can't do anything' That's not what they elect you for.
Nobody I represent is pretending to be the pope or a role model for young people. People have to live their lives. They have the right to smoke if they want.
I have lived in Ireland, visited all my life, and when I fight, I represent Ireland.
If there were ever an opportunity for me to represent people of this country in the place that I live, it would be an honor to do it, and I would never close the door on that.
Obviously, I am a member of Congress, and things that I say are elevated on a national level, and I understand that very clearly.
One of my best moments was getting a constituent out of jail in Morocco, by which of course I mean I got him released not that I sprung him.
I was on the elections committee in my last session in the state House of Representatives.
It has been a tremendous privilege to serve the people of Utah during my time in the United States House of Representatives, but my time in the House should not be the sum total of my service.
I do have a little chip on my shoulder. I want to make a name for this state. I want to represent this state well so that's kinda the chip on my shoulder in that regard.
Democracy demands that elected members be able to realize fully the role for which they have been chosen.
The sheer scale at which one is able to create change as elected representatives is unmatched.
I think a president has to be able to think like the people think.
