District Quotes - page 8

During my two terms serving the good people of New Hampshire's First District, I always worked for what I call the bottom 99% of Americans, and I never forgot that public office is a public trust. (Carol Shea-Porter)
Serving in Congress is the great honor of my professional life. I am deeply grateful to the people of the 4th Congressional District for placing their trust in me. View quote
Dave Camp
It is, I find, in zoology as it is in botany: all nature is so full, that that district produces the greatest variety which is the most examined. View quote
Gilbert White
I live like most of the people in my district: paycheck to paycheck. View quote
Gregory Meeks
In my district, I know we have thousands of little creeks and streams, some of which only fill up when it rains. Nationwide, they're in the tens of thousands. View quote
Hal Rogers
General Washington had rather incautiously encamped the bulk of his army on Long Island - a large and plentiful district about two miles from the city of New York. View quote
Mercy Otis Warren
In my district back in Texas, significant because we have a big solar panel production plant in Keller, Texas, we have a wind turbine plant in Gainesville, Texas, up in Cook Country. View quote
Michael Burgess
'District 9', 'Elysium' and 'Chappie' were all born out of some visual concept first. 'Chappie' is the imagery, because I think I'm a visual person first, of this ridiculous robot character. It's much more comedy based and in an unusual setting. View quote
Neill Blomkamp
'District 9' was a singular anti-Apartheid metaphor, and 'Elysium' is a more general metaphor about immigration and how the First World and Third World meet. But the thing that I like the most about the metaphor is that it can be scaled to suit almost any scenario. View quote
Neill Blomkamp
I think the world of 'District 9' has a lot of race and oppression-based ideas that I would still like to explore in that world. View quote
Neill Blomkamp
I spoke bluntly about what I had seen in a little over a year as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. To the apparent surprise of many in the room, I observed publicly that insider trading appeared to be rampant. (Preet Bharara)
I represent the views and the values of the people of the district. View quote
Paul Gillmor
In recent years, the choice of drugs on these reservations and throughout my district has been methamphetamines. It has destroyed the rule of law among the reservation people. It is killing our tribal youth in this country. View quote
Rick Renzi
My district includes the two urban centers of Charlotte and Fayetteville, as well as large rural areas. Obviously, these diverse segments of North Carolina require different approaches to meeting current and future transportation demands. View quote
Robin Hayes
North Carolina, particularly the 8th District, has long played a key role in our Nation's military forces. View quote
Robin Hayes
If you say the word amnesty - the 'A-word,' so to speak - it's DOA. If there's even a hint of amnesty in my district, it's dead on arrival. View quote
Randy Weber
It's wrong that members of Congress can purchase luxury airfare with taxpayer money when many families in my district and across the county are struggling to make ends meet. View quote
Raul Ruiz
After 9/11, the businesses in my district and throughout the New York metropolitan area saw firsthand the result of a lack of availability of terrorism insurance. View quote
Steve Israel
I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture. View quote
Sam Taylor-Wood
The one endorsement that makes the most difference is from the constituents in the district. View quote
Sandy Adams
If Scott Brown can win in a state that President Obama won by 26 points, I can win in a district that Obey won by just 20 points against an unknown, underfunded challenger in the Democratic landslide of 2008. It means there is not a single Democrat in the country who is safe. (Sean Duffy)
As I have traveled throughout my Congressional district, the one thing I heard loud and clear was simply please stop spending money you do not have, rein in spending, live within a budget. View quote
Tim Scott
I see myself as a person who wants to serve the constituents within my district and find a way to move those who are not in our position philosophically to our position. View quote
Tim Scott
Residents of my district continue to stress to me that they want health care decisions to be made by patients and doctors, not by the government and insurance companies. View quote
Tim Walberg
The debate on healthcare was not done like most of our conferences are done - meaning it was not all on television. There was this procedural feeling that the bill wasn't done thoroughly and didn't reflect peoples' wishes. It's not coincidence that upwards of 60 percent of folks in my district are against it. View quote
Timothy Griffin