Robert McDonald Elected Quotations

At Emerson we never use the term 'lobby,' ... We use the term 'educate.' Our management believes that if we can educate elected officials to the global challenges that American businesses face today ... that hopefully they will make better public policy decisions.

They had spent so much money on consultants trying to figure out the health care plan that (they said) ... 'Why don't we establish a small office in Washington to have someone with the Emerson brand on our forehead (and) to make sure we have relationships with our elected officials?'

We're asked by our company to form relationships with elected officials, so that they know who Emerson is and so that we have some open doors and people to communicate with on key concerns.