The smartest person in the United States Senate, and he knows it, is John Sununu. Thank God he had his mother's temperament. — John McCain Copy Share Image
If you vote against the Defense Authorization Act in the Senate, you would also veto it as president. — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The Senate has a reputation as quite a collegial place, and I have found that to be true, especially with the women. — Tina Smith Copy Share Image
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
If I live my life thinking that something might not pass the Senate, I would never even get up and bother to… — Jeb Hensarling Copy Share Image
And I'd like to say to the Senate, I hope you will say yes to a stronger American democracy in the year 2000. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee. — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to… — Jeff Flake Copy Share Image
Between [Speaker of the House] Paul Ryan, [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell, and Donald Trump's team, I don't see a lot of… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
My take is this. The Republicans control the Senate. They have the majority of the House, and they have the White House.… — Maxine Waters Copy Share Image
John Kerry keeping a low profile this week. He said he wanted to get away and go someplace where no one would… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Ted Kennedy was in the Senate for 40 years. Tip O'Neill for 35 years. John Kerry in the Senate for 30 some… — Michael Capuano Copy Share Image
This has not been a legislative process worthy of the Senate. Members of the Judiciary Committee, as I just said, were implored… — Russ Feingold Copy Share Image
The framers of the Constitution realized that . . . there needed to be some guardian of the sober second thought, and… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
The country didn't get that way in a week; we've had years and years of getting behind in our economy. So President… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
With Republicans in control of the Senate for the first time since Barack Obama took office, the president may find it harder… — Terry Eastland Copy Share Image
It's the rising tide of enmity in the country, Donald Trump attacking judges, Donald Trump attacking John McCain, Senator [Richard] Blumenthal, the… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Folks, let me ask you a question about that. You voted in 2010, 2014. You're part of the Tea Party and you… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
To be honest, I haven't seen much serious budget planning since the Republicans took control of the House after the 2010 elections… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
If everybody is rewarded just for being alive, you get the same sort of effect as you do when you reward every… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
If I can get enough signatures, to present an apology to slavery, I will present it to the President. The House of… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
A couple of years ago, a Republican committee staff director told me candidly (and proudly) what the method was to all this… — Mike Lofgren Copy Share Image
The Senate is the only show in the world where the cash customers have to sit in the balcony. — Gracie Allen Copy Share Image
Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
The closest I've come to being on a reality TV show is C-SPAN's live coverage of the Senate floor. — John Thune Copy Share Image
The politicians said Dr. Tom Coburn couldn't deliver babies when he got elected to the U.S. Senate. — Markwayne Mullin Copy Share Image
In 2010, there were 57 lawyers, zero manufacturers, and way too many career politicians in the United States Senate. — Ron Johnson Copy Share Image
No one knows the Senate better than Joe Biden; he lived there for 35 years. — William M. Daley Copy Share Image
My voice is still for war. Gods! can a Roman senate long debate Which of the two to choose, slavery or death? — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Judges and senates have been bought for gold; Esteem and love were never to be sold. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
I'm no one's pet, and I intend to be an independent voice in the U.S. Senate. — Chris Coons Copy Share Image
Senator, we just don't use that kind of language on the floor of the Senate. — Mike Mansfield Copy Share Image
I was appointed to the Senate, and it has been my job to serve in the Senate and then to earn the… — Tina Smith Copy Share Image
I've said that we need to elect Democrats from the school board to the Senate. — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
The traditional role of the Senate has been to be the adult in the room. — Kay Bailey Hutchison Copy Share Image
Maine farmers are critical to our state, and they deserve an advocate in the Senate. — Sara Gideon Copy Share Image
I think after Sam Nunn left, I'm the last guy in the Senate who got a majority white male vote in their… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
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