District Quotes - page 7

I wanted to be a district attorney and solve hidden problems or maybe even be a leper-colony missionary and save people. (Diane Ladd)
Florida is one of the first states that sort of gives the legislature a very clear criteria for re-drawing electoral district maps. Basically, all the criteria do is tell the legislators that you can't draw a seat that helps yourself or a political party. That's really critical. View quote
Dan Gelber
School district policies and practices have not kept pace with student and teacher needs. View quote
Eli Broad
I represent a district covering Rockland, Westchester and Bronx counties, all of which are part of the 9 million people that this water is so important for. View quote
Eliot Engel
I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district if I actually think what I am doing is going to be helpful. View quote
Eric Massa
My manager lives on my block; four of the apartments in my apartment complex of seven are people I know. It's a really close-knit community, and almost everyone on these few blocks are artists or graphic designers, because we live right on the cusp of a warehouse district. View quote
Grimes
As I get close to my election, I want to spend more time in my district and focus on my reelection. View quote
Henry Cuellar
You know, I got the third most uninsured district in the whole state of Texas, probably number nine in the whole country. As a Blue Dog, I'm also looking at the cost. So, I have got a very unique district. View quote
Henry Cuellar
Human connection is the way things work. It's like a patronage system. You know somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows the district governor, and it's okay. View quote
Ian Frazier
Congress has turned its back on America's working families. There are Teamster families in every congressional district in America, and those families vote. Those who would oppose these families have done so at their own political peril. View quote
James P. Hoffa
I'd propose that each central-city child should have an entitlement from the state to attend any school in the metropolitan area outside his own district - with per pupil funds going with him. (James S. Coleman)
A lot of people don't understand how cargo coming into our ports matters, not just to Southern California but to every single congressional district. I want to educate on that issue. View quote
Janice Hahn
Listen, if the people in my district wanted to live in France, they'd move to France. View quote
Jeb Hensarling
I fully appreciate the fact that George W. Bush won 49% of my district. View quote
Jim Costa
I'm confident in our resolve to make the decisions necessary to keep our country and our people safe and prosperous and I look forward to representing the citizens of Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District for the next two years. View quote
Jim Gerlach
As a proud Catholic, I know the impact that faith-based education can have in our society and have witnessed it first hand in my district. View quote
Joe Baca
The voters in my district, and around the country, have demanded that Congress get a hold on the influx of illegal immigrants and tighten the security around our borders. View quote
John Linder
As a child in the rural district of Penal I remember sharing meals from the same pot with neighbours of different racial, ethnic, social and economic backgrounds. View quote
Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Minnesota is very important. You're going to have a competitive race for the Senate, a competitive governor's race, you have an open seat in the 6th (Congressional) District, a state legislature that is closely divided, and a state that was very competitive in 2000 and 2004 and is likely to be again in 2008. View quote
Ken Mehlman
In 2010 and 2012, I won the Democratic nomination in the 22nd Congressional District on the program 'Save NASA Impeach Obama,' without any organizational or financial backing from the party. View quote
Kesha Rogers
I am most grateful for having bad eyesight, which prevented me from becoming a commercial pilot and instead, led me to having the best job in the world - representing the people of California's 47th Congressional District. (Loretta Sanchez)
I have long been a supporter of the Head Start program because each and every year I witness the dramatic positive impact that early intervention services have on children's lives in my congressional district. View quote
Lucille Roybal-Allard
The thing that really struck me when I went to junior high was class. I grew up on a pretty poor street, but the school district I was in included some fine neighborhoods - so I got to know a couple of the kids from those places and went to their houses and experienced such culture shock. View quote
Lynda Barry
In my years of public service at both the federal and state levels, I have had the privilege of representing most of the communities that make up Congressional District 21, including Hialeah, Westchester, Doral, Kendall, Miami Lakes, Hialeah Gardens, Medley and Palmetto Bay. View quote
Mario Diaz-Balart
Around the district, I've talked to more local bankers who are scared to death. View quote
Alan Nunnelee