Bruce Braley Quotes

#1. Iowans are feeling the pinch of a big federal government, and elected officials like Bruce Braley keep championing the over reaching bureaucracy. Iowans know what is best for Iowa more than Washington politicians and bureaucrats do.

Joni Ernst

#2. I have represented farmers in federal court during the Iowa farm crisis. A farmer from Butler County. I don't think Sen. Grassley had that life experience. It's just a simple difference of who we are and where we've come from.

Bruce Braley

#3. By the time I land in Iowa, I feel like my mind is more open to the reality of being back home and focusing on the problems of the people in my district.

Bruce Braley

#4. A populist is someone who fights for common sense economic policies that sustain and expand the middle class.

Bruce Braley

#5. I recently had the opportunity to vote to give the president limited authority to begin strikes against terrorists in Iraq and Syria.

Bruce Braley

#6. we humans have a penchant for complicating stuff that probably shouldn't be all that complicated.

Jayne Castle

#7. Being a farmer is a great qualification to have to serve in the United States Congress.

Bruce Braley

#8. To you, the people of Flint, I say, as I have before, I am sorry and I will fix it. No citizen of this great state should endure this kind of catastrophe. Government failed you. Federal, state and local leaders by breaking the trust you placed in us.

Rick Snyder

#9. We all say things that we later regret.

Bruce Braley

#10. There are too many people trying to take opportunity from people in the middle class.

Bruce Braley

#11. Waiting for a long-term solution to immigration reform will not make Americans safer.

Bruce Braley

#12. Unconditional means not subject to any conditions...unconditional love is something we all seek

Charles Lee Robinson Jr.

#13. Increasing the minimum wagewill put billions annually into the Social Security trust fund.

Bruce Braley

#14. The last romantic novel I think I read was 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles.'

Bartlett Sher

#15. The army is the true nobility of our country.

Napoleon Bonaparte

#16. The Populist Caucus is the only caucus in Congress devoted solely to addressing middle class economic issues. We formed the caucus because the founding members felt like there wasn't enough focus on middle class issues in Washington, and we're going to keep it focused on middle class issues.

Bruce Braley

#17. I don't think I could live with myself if I stopped trying.

Shannyn Sossamon

#18. The Populist Caucus aims to bring people together around middle class issues, so we can tolerate a little difference of opinion.

Bruce Braley

#19. I brought you here to tell you this: sometimes what we are searching for does not exist. We may sacrifice for it, even bleed for it, but it was never meant to be ours.

Esther Dalseno