The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In reality, everybody in Congress is a stand-in for some kind of lobbyist. In many cases it's difficult to tell whether it's the companies that are lobbying the legislators or whether it's the other way around.
There are good people in the lobbying industry. Lobbyists can serve a very useful purpose.
Real lobbying reform must end the practice of corporate lobbyists writing our laws.
I want to make it clear that the lobbying sector does an important job. It is very useful to the government to hear the views of a broad range of groups to make sure we get the best.
I am not a lobbyist. I am not a political activist. I am not a leader, as far as I'm concerned.
The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history.
Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.
Lobbyists didn't descend from a spaceship. They evolved organically from the way we do business.
The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
I have had lobbyists, and I have had some very good ones. They could do anything.