Lobbyists Quotes

Lobbyists Quote of the day

Lobbyists have more offices in Washington than the President. You see, the President only tells Congress what they should do. Lobbyists tell'em what they will do.

Real lobbying reform must end the practice of corporate lobbyists writing our laws.

Okay, you've convinced me. Now go out there and bring pressure on me.

Success can be built on a strong relationship between a lobbyist and a single, powerful lawmaker.

The average American doesnt realize how much of the laws are written by lobbyists.

The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists.

If you can't drink a lobbyist's whiskey, take his money, sleep with his women and still vote against him in the morning, you don't belong in politics.

I'm running for president because I've had enough of the oil barons, the status-quo apologists, the special-interest lobbyists running amok.

The President is the peoples lobbyist.

My administration will not answer to donors or lobbyists or special interests, but we will serve the citizens of the United States of America, believe me.

If we have Senators and Congressmen there that can't protect themselves against the evil temptations of lobbyists, we don't need to change our lobbies, we need to change our representatives.

Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee.

There are good people in the lobbying industry. Lobbyists can serve a very useful purpose.

Mr. President, the buzz saw that your healthcare bill ran into wasn't lobbyists and special interests it was tens of millions of American's who were saying, 'Stop!'

Jack Abramoff is going to testify against some of the other weasels in Congress. A lobbyist testifying against congressmen? How many Bibles are going to burst into flames in that courtroom?

America is one of the biggest businesses in the world, and the people who run it can't balance their budget. We need business people in there and lobbyists out of there.

Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.

We work for the families back home, we do not work for the lobbyists that prowl the halls of the capital building, do not forget who we work for.

Lobbyist influence comes from access, not money.

Poor people have sh*tty lobbyists.

[Walter White] was also one of the best lobbyist of the period.

The corporations who invest in lobbyists, it pays in terms of tax loopholes, tax subsidies, all the rest. It pays. Clearly, the money has a big effect.

When I go up there, I see coal lobbyists, oil lobbyists, natural gas lobbyists, nuclear power lobbyists, somehow they think that's where the action is in Congress.

Today it is difficult to find leaders who are independent of the forces that have brought us our problems: The Congress, the bureaucracy, the lobbyists, big business, and big labor.

There are only three ways a congressman goes out: They die in office, they cash in as a lobbyist, or they mistakenly tweet a picture of their d*ck.

Alexi Giannoulias' top aide was a longtime BP lobbyist.

The studies that show the reason Washington real estate is booming and there are so many lobbyists in town, it does pay.

Having been a lobbyist myself you can't overstate how easy it is to get things done your way. It's a complicated policy and many lobbyists are trying to wreck amendments as we speak.

The Republican Party has steadfastly sided with its donors and its lobbyists, and this is why we're where we are.

The ability of big money to shape perceptions - where you have four anti-climate lobbyists for every single member of the House and Senate - is a big factor.

The priority of leadership is what the lobbyists and giant corporations and special interests in Washington want. It's why we're bankrupting our kids and grandkids.

Listen, Bernie Sanders talks about how Washington is corrupt, both parties are in bed with the lobbyists and special interests. I think he's exactly right.

The permanent institutional expertise class is now no longer the legislators, it's the lobbyists who don't have term limits and are there forever.

The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.

Lobbyists are the touts of protected industries.

When I tell somebody to do something I'm not going to get a lobbyist calling me the next day to say please don't do that even though it's good for America.

To be effective at selling ideas, at being a lobbyist, influencing other people, you have to be very sure of yourself.

While Hillary Clinton meets only with donors and lobbyists, my plan was crafted with the input from Federal Immigration offices, very great people.

I think politicians in America don't speak up because their local lobbyist has them shut up.

There is the old boys' club, but there are ­people who are "conviction lobbyists" coming from the heart.

The politicians in America are all taken over by the lobbyists. I really believe the lobbyists keep them shut up because China and Chinese companies have all got tremendous lobbyists.

No longer will we tolerate one job killing delay after another. No longer will we accept a broken system that benefits consultants and lobbyists at the expense of hardworking Americans.

In his first speech as Speaker, Boehner thanked his loved ones - tobacco lobbyists, the oil companies, the CEOs.

We need a total ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for American elections.

My four years as governor, I never met with a lobbyist once, never. Not one lobbyist got in my office.

Barack Obama's large contributor was Goldman Sachs - same thing on the Republican side. If you go to both their conventions, you see the same lobbyists paying off both sides so they win either way.

Someone doesn't think immediately, "I want to be a lobbyist."

Maybe that's because there are so few women lobbyists; if they're there, it's for something they strongly believe in, not just for financial gain.

Most of the women I spoke to were pushing agendas that they felt connected to - more so than with the male lobbyists I met with.

Fairness has not been enhanced by the tax code, but lobbyists have been made rich, politicians have been re-elected, and the economy has been made to suffer.