Political Quotes

“it is my privilege to represent one of our Nation's most diverse congressional districts. I represent the South Side of Chicago, the south suburbs in Cook and Will Counties, a lot of bedroom communities and a lot of cornfields and farm towns, too. When you represent such a diverse district, city, suburbs, and country, you have to learn to listen. I find there is one very common message that I hear back home. I heard it back in 1994 when I was elected and they sent me here to change how Washington works. I continue to hear it. They want us to work together to meet the challenges that we face here in Washington, as well as at home. I am pretty proud that over the last 4 rac{1}{2} years this Republican majority has worked to keep our commitments to change how Washington works. ... In fact, in the last 4 rac{1}{2} years, this Republican Congress has done some things we were told we could not do. We have balanced the budget for the first time in 28 years. That is now producing an estimated $3 trillion surplus of estimated money.”