Quotes About Senator

Am I a Democrat? Yes, I'm a Democrat. But at the end of the day, when I take the oath as a senator it won't be to do the bidding of the Democratic Party or a president in the White House. I will be there to fight for the people of South Carolina.

We deserve a Senator who cares about our children's safety.

Amazon webhosting dropped Wikileaks as a customer after receiving a complaint from U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, despite the fact that Wikileaks had not been charged, let alone convicted, of any crime.

It's tempting, because as one senator said to me, 'We know if we invite baseball down, we'll draw a crowd'.

McCarthy had ten years in the House of Representatives, only two terms as a senator. What did he pass? Are there any bills or any piece of legislation that he's identified with? Not at all.

Senator McConnell has always won in the past because he's had a bigger blow horn. He's always had tens of millions of dollars more than his opponent.

I'll help repeal Obamacare in my first term, or go home, because you deserve a senator who gets the job done or gets out of the way. Repeal or go home. That's my pledge to you.

Ted Kennedy was not terribly effective when he first became a senator.

For Tammy Duckworth to blame the junior senator from Illinois for Islamic terror shows that she is a naive fool not fit for office in the Senate.

There's one advantage in having been around as long as I have. Everybody in the Senate knows me, and - I'm going to say something presumptuous, to repeat myself - I think most respect me.

I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than any other of my life.

The time I spent working with our law enforcement community when I was Senator McConnell's general counsel gave me the breadth of relationships, helping them confront what I, in many ways, think has become the public safety challenge of our lifetime - the drug epidemic.

In 1984, Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt gave me the opportunity of a lifetime to serve as a legislative intern in his office in Washington, D.C. Coming from humble beginnings, the experience changed my life and charted me on a path of public service.

It's incredibly flattering to be a U.S. senator, which I want to stay at for a long time.

If it hadn't been for Senator Sanders, I don't know if I would've been brought back into the fold of politics.

All I am saying is I will be a senator - should there be any special circumstance where the political forces would believe that there might be a need for my service, I would consider it.

Sen. Akaka never forgot the cost of war on our country.

In Washington, if you're a congressman or a senator or the President, you make much more money than the average American, but you'd think that if you were the leader of the free world you'd be making major bank, and you don't.

I haven't pursued it as a senator because I know it's like spitting in the wind. But I still believe it's the right thing. And if I were governor and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.

Texans deserve a senator who represents our values, strength, courage, independence - putting Texas first.

In government, effectiveness is measured not by results, but by how much money is spent. How effective is it? Why, we've tripled the budget! That's what Republican Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee actually said about Rubio's "Gang of Eight" amnesty bill, formally titled "The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013"—which was way better than its original title: "We Surrender.

Despite his consistent party-line voting record, some independents and Democrats still think of Senator McCain as the most palatable, independent-minded Republican. But this is the sort of empty compliment a friend of mine once compared to being called "the coolest Osmond.

If Senator Obama becomes pro-life then I'll consider giving him my vote.

State Senator Kemble made a speech opposing any enlargement of the NY&H's capital. When the news of impending scarcity hit Wall Street, the price of Harlem stock rose. At the top of the market, Kemble's broker sold short. Kemble then pushed a bill through the legislature enlarging Harlem's capital, and the price plummeted. As these were early days, and such behavior was still considered inappropriate, Kemble was expelled from the Senate.