Jennifer Crider Quotes (21 Quotes)

The bottom line is that the Republicans' out-of-touch economic policies still harm many middle-class Americans worried about paying for their healthcare, their children's education and the higher cost of home heating.

This is not a vindication. Congressman DeLay still faces very serious criminal charges.

The Democratic caucus is rich in diversity. Democratic women have excelled in Congress leading our efforts on the Rules, Intelligence, Small Business, House Administration committees and the Steering and Policy committee, and Democratic women play a prominent role in every committee.

There's a difference between a fact-finding trip that you do with the Aspen Institute and these trips funded by lobbyists and corporations where you do an hour of work and then play golf at St. Andrews all day.

Since the members were not all briefed at the same time or place, it's not possible to know whether the same information was given to each.

What with the number of courthouses and post offices the Republican Congress names, it's ridiculous that they chose this one to make a point. This is a local issue,

The Democrats were not going to do anything to make it easier for Republicans to pass an atrocious bill.

It's a statement of what the president's and Republicans' priorities are, and it takes serious hits at health care, gas and home heating prices and education.

I've already given you an answer. I've talked to six reporters about this today, and everyone else has been able to understand that sentence and write it.

The Republican culture of corruption runs so deep that it will take more than superficial changes for the Republican Congress to put middle-class Americans before special interests.

At each step, we did everything they told us to do. If Republicans are arguing that anyone who receives an FEC fine can be hit with an ethics charge, well, I'd have to check but I think there are 12 or 13 of their members have received FEC fines in the past Congress.

We're coming together at the very time when the country is tired of one-party rule.

Leader Pelosi will not be appointing members to the sham Davis committee. That's the decision supported by a consensus of the Democratic caucus.

Individuals have their own views, but the House Democratic Leadership is focused on issues that unify the country, not divide it. Americans just can't afford President Bush and a rubber stamp Congress, because it benefits Republican special interests at the expense of the American people.

With less than six months until the election, Republicans are admitting that they are in trouble and are losing credibility with the American people.

The Republicans are yet again attempting to muddy the waters to divert attention from their pattern of abusing of power.

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has never been a party to an ethics truce and has always said that individual members have the right to file a complaint.

House Democrats are energized, organized and focused, and Americans are responding to our message that Republicans have created a culture of corruption and cronyism at the expense of the American people.

How can you have a debate on open government if you restrict the discussion about it

Republicans are desperately trying to make up for the skyrocketing prices at the pump and are grasping at straws to make it out of this hole.

Those members have to represent their districts. They have to speak for their constituents that were so affected by this. As leader, she is trying to give them the strongest voice possible.