Quotes About Advocacy

If you're in the business of law you're in the business of representation and precedent.

I should be a representative for AARP!

Good Dems are good Dems. They want a representative that really reflects their values.

First and foremost, the duty of a representative is to represent the interests of his constituents.

As your representative, you can count on me to fight back against Washington, D.C.'s war on the west.

People do want to see themselves reflected. They'll never believe that Gwen Graham, Philip Levine, Chris King, or Jeff Greene will be a better representative of their interests than I will be.

For years, fiscally conservative advocacy groups were giving then-Republican representative Justin Amash awards, praise, and donations. Now that he's an independent, however, many of those same groups are snubbing him entirely.

A woman's place is in the house - the House of Representatives.

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has been one of my good friends in the House of Representatives. When she was brutally shot, Gabby was out doing what she loved to do - meeting with her constituents in a local setting, allowing people to speak to her directly about the issues that concerned them.

I shouldn't be the only African American Republican in the House of Representatives.

The only way you do anything is to become really active. And the most effective way to get your message to your elected representatives is to make campaign contributions and develop relationships with them.

As the highest-ranking Republican woman in the U.S. House of Representatives and the mom of two daughters, I believe if we're serious as a nation about empowering every American to pursue his or her own dreams, then true cases of gender discrimination need to be confronted.

People get Washington-ized a lot of times, being down there for awhile, and forget that we're called members of the House of Representatives because we're meant to represent people.

I had great representatives looking out for my best interests and safety. They just happened to be my parents.

Public servants should always be accountable and responsible for what they are advocating, and I challenge the American people to demand this from their representatives.

It is our job, our responsibility as their representatives to help them. If we choose not to do that, we should not be their representatives.

MPs are paid to be representatives of their constituents. They have to do that job.

It is our duty as representatives in Congress to do the most for everyone we represent, beginning with those who have the least.

The people of South Jersey, and local, state, and federal Representatives will not allow a permanent closure of the Atlantic City Rail Line.

I'm representing the curvy girls and that's great.

What I'm guilty of is trying the hardest and giving 100 percent of myself and putting my heart and soul into representing the people of Staten Island and Brooklyn.

It's just an amazing feeling to know that I'm representing for every plus-size woman out there.

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.

The reality is, when you're representing someone that's guilty, you're in the position of taking that position.