Quotes About Senator

We work for the public, and I believe that if a senator wants to block a piece of legislation or a nominee, they owe the public an explanation.

Senator Schumer is a partisan.

Senator Blunt genuinely sees everything through the lens of partisan politics.

If you want a senator who'll partner with the president to do what's best for the nation, I'm your guy.

Here's where I'm different from a senator. We pass continuing resolutions. We pass appropriations bills.

I was playing Russell Long, the senator from Louisiana. I had 12 speech teachers watching me. All the other passengers on the airplane were speech teachers, and every time I got it wrong, one of the speech teachers would jump up and correct it.

I traveled to Israel in a small party assembled by Marty Peretz, the editor-in-chief of 'The New Republic.' Other guests included Senator Al Gore and his wife, Tipper. Like every tourist group, we climbed Masada, floated in the Dead Sea, and visited a kibbutz.

The Senator from Massachusetts has given us ample grounds to doubt the judgment and the attitude he brings to bear on vital issues of national security.

On any given vote, on any given day, a smart senator who has taken a bold or controversial position can reach far more media outlets between the elevator and the Senate chamber than he or she could garner in a full press conference back home.

When President Obama was in the Senate, when he was a U.S. senator, he voted against raising the debt ceiling. And he said it was a lack of leadership that had brought us to this point.

If you look at why many Kentuckians voted for President Trump, for example, they voted for an outsider. They voted for somebody who was gonna shake up the system. He promised to drain the swamp. And, you know, my message is you can't do that until you get rid of Senator McConnell.

Senator Kerry voted to undermine the troops in the field, and that is not only inexcusable, it is reprehensible.

Jon Tester had a chance to stop sanctuary cities, but he voted with them.

I have probably never voted for a straight ticket in my life, and I am a Democratic U.S. senator.

Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.

It's a sacrifice for me. It's not really something I want to do. I don't love the idea of being a U.S. senator; I love the idea of being a mother.

I didn't want to be a senator, but I considered it anyway.

I don't want to be a senator.

I never thought I would end up being the Senator from New York.

I'm focused, as you can tell, on 2014 and on doing my job as a senator.

I've been working like a dog as a United States senator.

If I made decisions around here based on the election, I wouldn't be a very good senator.

On a 1 to 10 scale, I don't think that I could model, but I could definitely end a Republican senator's career.

I want to be the health care senator.