John Yarmuth Professions : U.S. Representative Born : November 4, 1947 Browse All Authors Top 49 quotes by John Yarmuth What people want out of their politicians is exactly the same thing that I want - somebody who is approachable, willing to work, and tells me the truth as they see it. John Yarmuth me truth work people The reason I ran in 2006 was to make my district one of the fifteen that at the time it would have taken to switch the control of the House and stop the Bush agenda. The second priority I had was to provide health care for everybody. And the third was to do public financing of campaigns. John Yarmuth control care health time People aren't necessarily as concerned with how you vote as long as they feel they have a voice. If you can cross that basic threshold - that is, when a voter knows you're willing to listen to them and that you care about their lives - then that's most of what you need to get their vote. It's not your voting record. John Yarmuth feel you long people Every time I hear a Republican talking about health care reform, they say the American people don't want it. They say it so much that I think they're beginning to try to convince themselves that it's true. John Yarmuth care health time people Kentucky has always said you can't really make bourbon outside of Kentucky because it's a combination of the barrels and the limestone-fed springs that give us the water. That's our story, and we're sticking to it. John Yarmuth story you always water Truth be told, I never expected to be in Congress this long. I always said I couldn't imagine being here longer than 10 years, after every election, I was asked how long I intended to serve, and I never had an answer. Today, I do. This term will be my last. John Yarmuth I think the reality is that if there aren't enough votes to pass it, the options are to put it on the floor and have it go down or delay the vote, pramila Jayapal'll eventually get it done, but it may take a little more time than next week. John Yarmuth Basically, everything's sort of dependent what happens in the next 48 hours. John Yarmuth I think our caucus understands that essentially we're all Joe Manchin, and with the margins we have, everybody has the ability to tank whatever we're trying to do. I mean, here we've got four votes, there, we have zero margin, so essentially everybody's in a position to sabotage, whatever we're doing. John Yarmuth Similar Authors Bill Keating us-representative Buck McKeon us-representative Bruce Braley us-representative Brad Wenstrup us-representative Allyson Schwartz us-representative Anna Eshoo us-representative All Authors