Political Quotes

“as I read this morning's news, I was intrigued and struck by a Pew Research poll. Pew conducted a national survey to gauge Americans' satisfaction with Congress. Unsurprisingly, Americans are disillusioned with the Senate and the House Republicans. I guess that is kind of an understatement, if you look at the content of the poll. Despite constant self-congratulations from the Republican leadership, the American people are rejecting the Republican leadership in Congress. Just listen to a few of these findings: Seventy-two percent of Americans disapprove of the job being done by Republican leaders in Congress. That is an alltime high; just 4 percent of Americans say Republicans in Congress have exceeded expectations--4 percent; even self-identifying Republicans object to how their party has governed; 55 percent of Republicans disapprove of Republican congressional leadership's job performance; fewer than 4 in 10 Republicans say their party is doing a good job representing their views, but among the results of the Pew survey, there is an especially troubling trend. The survey found that 65 percent of Americans say Republicans have failed to live up to their campaign promises; only 27 percent of Republicans believe their party is keeping its campaign promises--not Independents, not Democrats but Republicans. ``Integrity'' is a simple word, but here in the Capitol it is everything. As elected officials, all we have to offer our constituents is our integrity.…”