Quotes About Senate

Mr. Gonzales' failure to respond to questions legitimately posed to him by the Senate raises grave doubts in my mind as to his fitness to serve the people of the United States as their Attorney General.

I love being in the United States Senate.

The reason why I'm here today is to explain why I am running and what I will do if you give me the honor and the privilege of representing you in the United States Senate. Now I'm running for the United State Senate for a simple reason, and that is... I want to win a Nobel Peace prize.

Well, I was 29 years old when I came to the United States Senate, and I have learned a lot.

It would be wonderful to be a member of the United States Senate.

I consider the United States Senate the greatest deliberative body in the world, and I respect the important role the Constitution affords it in the confirmation of our judges.

Washington faces many challenges these days, and today's United States Senate needs more trusted conservatives going there to make decisions and choices that put the people first and not the business-as-usual crowd.

My fervent expectation is that sooner rather than later, the United States Senate will more closely reflect the rich diversity of this great country.

He took pride in belonging to the world's most exclusive club: the United States Senate.

It is preposterous that the current members of the United States Senate and all of their predecessors for more than 200 years haven't been able to read the Constitution and do what it says.

I will not be responsible for the loss of the Democratic majority in the United States Senate.

I will not seek reelection the United States Senate but will retire from public service in January 2013. There is no reason other than the fact than I think it's time.

I have been immeasurably honored to serve the people of Maine for nearly 40 years in public office and for the past 17 years in the United States Senate. It was incredibly difficult to decide that I would not seek a fourth term in the Senate.

I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.

You wouldn't run for the United States Senate or for governor or for anything else without answering people's questions about what you believe. And I think the Supreme Court is no different.

We can write the book on how to run a successful write-in campaign for the United States Senate.

I think Evan Bayh directly should answer to the many Hoosiers I've spoken with who have questions about his ethical practices, or lack thereof, when he served in the United States Senate.

I think it's a time to be sad about what's been done to the United States Senate, the greatest deliberative body in the world.

The bottom line is, there have been a lot of nuts elected to the United States Senate.

I feel that I am best positioned to fight for America's future here in the trenches of the United States Senate.

For most governors, we find the United States Senate or the United States Congress very frustrating at the slow pace in which they act. There doesn't seem to be a lot of discipline and organization to what they do.

Guess what - I am one of the ONLY senators in the whole United States Senate that is computer literate!

With so many serious issues and responsibilities before the United States Senate, I think New York needs an independent senator who thinks for herself, not someone who just rubberstamps the Obama agenda or checks with Chuck Schumer and says, 'Me too.'

The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to bring federal spending under control.