Quotes About Bipartisanship

While I have worked hard to bring folks to the middle to craft common-sense solutions to the many problems that confront our nation, Washington is mired in gridlock, gamesmanship and constant partisan bickering.

In Washington, compromise has become a dirty word.

Make no mistake: I will work with both Democrats and Republicans to cut wasteful spending and reduce our debt in a balanced, responsible way.

And, you know, I watched him in Texas where he stood on his principle but he also reached out to members of the other party to try to work with them, to try to forge agreement where he could in keeping with his conservative principles to make Texas a better place.

The First Step Act, the WEEE Act, and President Trump's infrastructure and immigration compromise plans all serve as examples of Trump administration outreach to the Democrats.

I get along with the Democrats, but please - I'm not their hero.

I have a mindset that says bipartisanship ought to consist of Democrats coming to the Republican point of view.

There's no reason why fiscal responsibility is a Democrat or a Republican point of view. It ought to be all of our points of view.

Every day, I talk to Democratic and Republican colleagues with lots of ideas about the work we should be doing.

What I did in New York was bring people together, an overwhelmingly Democratic state. But I was able to get Democrats to support the most conservative sweeping policy changes in any state in America.

Michigan has always been a swing state, so we understand that the goal is to have two political parties, debating the issues with empathy and respect.

When I was sworn in, we had Republican-sponsored climate-change bills all over the place. You had John McCain running for President in 2008 on a strong climate platform. You could see American democracy actually starting to work at solving a difficult problem.

This shouldn't be a my-party-your-party exercise. We should work together with one nonpartisan staff. The

Everyone that I'm friends with does not have the same party standing. For the most part, my friends are Democrats, but not everyone is, so a lot of times, we just have candid conversations. Sometimes that's the best way that we can educate each other and come to our own decisions about bills and candidates and policies.

What has happened is we've allowed the people who run policies in this country to sort of make us pick Left and the Right as if those are the only two choices.

I don't want foreign policy developed just by one party and ride roughshod over the other party.

We can't let the USMCA become another casualty of political games.

I think one of the biggest curses in the U.S. is that we have only two political parties.

Keeping our children safe is not only an area where both political parties can find common ground, but as lawmakers, it is our moral obligation.

You see, to me, it doesn't really matter if an elected official has a D or an R behind her name, or his name. I honestly don't give a damn about who belongs to either political party.

People want politicians to address the big issues and if they can do it across the divide of parties then so be it.

When we do our legislation, we're not trying to figure out, 'How can I use this to run against you?' We say, 'How can we pass this bill to help both of our constituents?'

I am not afraid to cross the party line. I never have been.

This body, the United States Congress, was united, Republicans and Democrats alike, in taking that action, toppling the Taliban government, and working to try and root out al Qaeda and find Osama bin Laden.