Daily Government Quotes

No foundation has ever had so much power over an American city. … It's a precinct model of what's happening to the whole United States.
MARCH 6, 2019

Tulsa Community College professor Michael Mason, who says the George Kaiser Family Foundation contributes as much as or more than the state government to city services in Tulsa, Okla.

Source: U.S. News & World Report

You'd expect to hear this offensive language in the 'Handmaid's Tale' -- not from the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives.
MARCH 5, 2019

The chair of Florida's Democratic Party, Terrie Rizzo, on comments made by state GOP House Speaker Jose Oliva in which he referred to pregnant women as "host bodies" when talking about abortion.

Source: Tribune News Service

We're the first generation to feel the sting of climate change. And we're the last who can do something about it.
MARCH 4, 2019

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, in a video announcing his run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. He is making climate change a focal point of his platform.

Source: NPR

An illegally constituted General Assembly does not represent the people of North Carolina and is therefore not empowered to pass legislation that would amend the state’s constitution.
MARCH 1, 2019

Ruling from Wake County Superior Court Judge G. Bryan Collins, striking down two laws that voters approved in November that were placed on the ballot by the legislature. Collins justified his ruling on the basis that lawmakers were elected using maps that the Supreme Court deemed unconstitutional.

Source: Governing

They flew a guy out to Yakima to tell me they weren't going to help me. I said why didn't you just call?
FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, referring to when the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee wouldn't support his run for U.S. House. Inslee is now eyeing a 2020 presidential run.

Source: The Washington Post

Iowa and the other early primary states don’t decide who is going to be president. We decide who is not going to be president.
FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Gary Lipschutz, 76, who has participated in the Iowa caucuses since 1966.

Source: The New York Times

You ain't seen nothing yet. The amount of jobs that will be destroyed by new technology will be great.
FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, speaking at the National Governors Association winter meeting in Washington, D.C.

Source: Governing

Jussie Smollett took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career. ... How can an individual who's been embraced by the city of Chicago turn around and slap everyone in this city in the face by making these false claims?
FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Chicago Police Chief Eddie Johnson, during a news conference to announce that the "Empire" actor is being charged with a felony for allegedly filing a false police report. Smollett alleges that he was beaten and had a rope placed around his neck while racist and homophobic slurs were yelled. Johnson says there is evidence that Smollett set up the attack.

Source: NPR