Political Quotes

“I come to Congress as a career prosecutor, someone whose job it has been to sort through facts in search of the truth. In my career, I have found that usually the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Running for Congress gave me the opportunity to meet with people with divergent opinions. But what I found was that as differing as their opinions may have been, more often than not they shared the same goals for their families and communities. Most wanted more financial stability. They wanted to send their children to college, and they wanted a government that didn't interfere with their small business, but provided incentive and opportunity to grow. People agreed that a clean and healthy Chesapeake was vital to our region, whether they valued the bay for sport, commerce or tourism, and they wanted a Congress that applied oversight to every penny they appropriated. The long and short was that my constituents there were just as different, they shared the same goals. In my first days as a Member of Congress, I found the same to be true of my colleagues. I pledged to my constituents that I would work with both sides of the aisle in order to help accomplish these common goals, and that is the same promise I make to my colleagues. No party has a monopoly on good ideas, and, as always, if we work in a bipartisan manner, we will find that the truth is somewhere in the middle.”