As they see it.

"You can take all the training you want to, it's not going to make you an honest person."

--Alabama Representative Mary Moore to The Birmingham News about a bill to require ethics classes for all newly elected officials and lobbyists.

"It's like in St. Mary's County, we couldn't build a bridge because there was a toad in the road."

--Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, to the Associated Press about a bill he supports that would make it easier to build large wind power projects in the state without getting environmental reviews.

"The hard, cold fact is that Medicaid, the way it is now, is not sustainable."

Texas Senator Bob Deuell to the Associated Press about measures to overhaul the state's Medicaid system.

"We are not here to property-tax-reform up. We are here to property-tax-reform down."

--Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio to the Associated Press in The Ledger on property tax reform in his state,

"If Hillary, Clinton calls me up directly, I'd be happy to talk to her. Otherwise, those robot calls are annoying."

--Vermont Representative Jim Condon to the Rutland Herald about his legislation...

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