We're representing our districts. I make decisions on my district.
My job is to represent my district. That's who I'm responsible to and for.
There is no question that I loved representing the people of South Florida.
Bismarck had cunningly taught the parties not to aim at national appeal but to represent interests. They remained class or sectional pressure-groups under the Republic. This was fatal, for it made the party system, and with it democratic parliamentarianism, seem a divisive rather than a unifying factor. Worse: it meant the parties never produced a leader who appealed beyond the narrow limits of his own following.
I speak for the people I represent, so yes, my voice is heard. One reason they elected me is that their own individual voices may not be heard.
Most people are generally satisfied with their representative.
I represent 740,000 people who live in Brooklyn and in Staten Island. And I have to vote the way I see is in their interests and their interests only.
People get Washington-ized a lot of times, being down there for awhile, and forget that we're called members of the House of Representatives because we're meant to represent people.
I represent the views and the values of the people of the district.
People do want to see themselves reflected. They'll never believe that Gwen Graham, Philip Levine, Chris King, or Jeff Greene will be a better representative of their interests than I will be.
As the MP for Islington South and Finsbury, I have the privilege of representing one of the most diverse constituencies in the U.K.
First and foremost, the duty of a representative is to represent the interests of his constituents.
I'm a homing pigeon. When I'm in Tallahassee, I give everything I have to being, hopefully, the best legislator I can be. When I'm home, I'm home. I try to not do legislative stuff. That brings a balance to life.
