Senate Quotes

My tenure in the Senate was really as an independent and whichever, regardless of party label.

It costs about $27 million to win a seat in the United States Senate, so when you win one, you like to sit down.

I'm particularly proud of anything the House and the Senate agree on.

In the first two years, when I had a strong majority in the House and the Senate, we were as productive as any administration has been since the '60s. I mean, we got a lot done.

I think I'm one of five people in the Senate who's never been a politician before. And now that I am a politician, what I find weird about it is that I respect myself less.

What happens in Senate fight club stays in Senate fight club.

I know that virtually every member of the Senate understands we just cannot turn our back on men and women who have put their lives on the line to defend us and who are hurting today.

I have been in the Democratic Caucus in the Senate for over 24 years.

Between [Speaker of the House] Paul Ryan, [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell, and Donald Trump's team, I don't see a lot of openings for making real progress.

I find it very difficult to see a scenario where financial regulation doesn't pass the Senate.

The wind doesn't bother me. I'm in the US Senate.

President Obama came to visit me in the hospital. He said, 'I wish you were still in the Senate; I need your help.' I'm not certain I can help on everything. Maybe some things.

If we had known we were going to win control of the Senate, we'd have run better candidates.

The Senate being tied is a start. Now, if only it could be gagged.

I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours.

Back in the '40's, Lyndon Johnson could still steal a Senate election in South Texas with the help of the big patrons.

Well, first, if I am fortunate enough to be elected to the U.S. Senate, it won't be a party that will have elected me. It will be the people of California.

Obviously the Senate is a federal office, but to get California's economy moving again we need to do some things in the federal arena.

As Donald Trump's fortunes continue to slide, he's increasingly dragging the fortunes of senate republican's weapon.

What happens to conservatives when they get near the White House? How come they only seem to be talking the good talk at, say, the Senate level, when they don't have to run the show?

Over my 24 years in the Senate, Jim, I've never voted against anyone because of their substantive views.

I don't like to see facts twisted, untruths fabricated to give the [Supreme Court] nominee a black eye, even before he comes before Senate committee.

All week Senate will be on the Stimulus/Porkulus Bill. Tune in C SPAN

Closing Guantanamo Bay is not a military solution. The closing of that prison, which I support, I supported it when I was in the Senate, requires more than just a military dimension.

I made more decisions in a half-day as governor than you can make in a whole week in the Senate... it's too slow for me.

I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks.

Members of the Senate are considering a tax on cosmetic surgery. When they brought it up, you should have seen the look that Nancy Pelosi's face tried to make.

In Montana, a math teacher is running for the Senate. Win or lose, she plans on demanding a recount because math is fun.

The Senate has sent President Obama a spending bill that gives the government enough money to keep going for two weeks. Our Congress has the financial planning skills of a college sophomore.

It is galling to see such mendacious hypocrites as Kennedy and Biden at the Senate Judiciary Committee sitting in judgment on distinguished jurists.

Sarah Palin. Remember Sarah Palin? She is adorable. She is back on the campaign trail. Really. She's going to campaign in the Senate runoff in Georgia. As soon as she finds out where Georgia is.

I have a very strong record on the Environment in the United States Senate.

Congress shall also create a tax code weighing more than the combined poundage of the largest member of the House and the largest member of the Senate, plus a standard musk ox.

The principles of the United States Constitution are, because of Senator Byrd, still the heartbeat of the US Senate.

It's nonsense to say that it's not in the bill. The reality is that the bill they will have passed to the Senate will have this language in it.

Serving in the United States Senate has been the greatest privilege of my life.

1992 became known as the 'Year of the Woman' because so many of us were elected to public office that November, including a record six to the United States Senate.

We're going to be eternally optimistic that the Senate is going to get their work done.

I'm up in the Senate most Tuesdays when they're in session.

If you're not comfortable with delay, frustration and impatience, get out of the Senate. It's the nature of the institution, but I think we've taken it to an art form.

The stronger Hillary is, the weaker she is. The more she seems like a likely presidential winner, the more difficult the senate race becomes in New York. It's perfect.

I think there's bipartisan support in the Senate to pass a good reform bill.

Marco Rubio doesn't go to the United States Senate. I must say, if I were a United States senator, I would be so honored to be in that magnificent chamber voting for the people of Florida.

Senator Marco 'amnesty' Rubio, who has worst voting record in Senate, just hit me on national security - but I said don't go into Iraq.

Hillary Clinton's all talk. It doesn't get done. All you have to do is take a look at her Senate run. Take a look at upstate New York.

The senate intelligence committee announced it would launch a bipartisan investigation into Russia's alleged interference in the election.

Electing clean-energy leaders into the Senate, the House, and the Oval Office - and getting it done in the next few years - is the only real solution to climate stabilization at acceptable levels.

I know I can serve Hawaii and our country well in the U.S. Senate, know we can mount a solid statewide campaign, know we have a good chance of prevailing.

Judges are appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. And it is our duty to ask questions on great issues that matter to the American people and to speak for them.

The framers of the Constitution realized that . . . there needed to be some guardian of the sober second thought, and so they created the Senate to fulfill that high and vitally important duty.