Senate Quotes

497 Senate quotes by 335 unique authors

When we look at the situation in Ferguson, Missouri and the tragic death of Michael Brown, we are reminded of the importance of who we… — Al Sharpton
We have a lot of thoughtful people in the U.S. Senate. — Marco Rubio
I was counsel on the full veterans committee, the first Vietnam veteran to serve as a full-committee counsel in Congress. It stunned me that there… — Jim Webb
I think the problem with President Obama - and I like him personally, I came into the Senate with him - is his agenda. — John Thune
When I left the Senate in January 2013, I decided to take a full year away from all media interviews, editorial articles, and direct political… — Jim Webb
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… — Jim Webb
Your first six months in the Senate, you spend a lot of time wondering how the hell you got here. After that, you look around… — Jim Webb
If a minister can lead the Senate in prayer every day... what is so wrong with beginning every day of school with an ecumenical prayer? — Jim Webb
I am a junior senator, ninety-fifth on the seniority list, and so by Senate standards, my office in the Russell Senate Office Building is less… — Jim Webb
A typical day in the Senate requires several trips to the Senate floor and back, although the journey is usually underground so that on some… — Jim Webb
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tried to pass a proposed omnibus budget bill with 6,714 earmarks worth $8.3 billion, but pulled it after Americans became… — Michael McCaul
I grew up in a family that nearly lost everything, but I ended up in the United States Senate because I grew up in an… — Elizabeth Warren
As a Democrat in this Senate, I felt aggrieved by some things the other side has done. I have no doubt they feel aggrieved about… — Mark Pryor
One of the great privileges of being a part of the Senate, it being the greatest deliberative body in the world, is out of the… — Bill Nelson
I am guilty of asking the Senate for pork and proud of the Senate for giving it to me. — Ted Stevens
First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you. — Pat Roberts
I rise today to offer a formal and heartfelt apology to all the victims of lynching in our history, and for the failure of the… — George Allen
This has not been a legislative process worthy of the Senate. Members of the Judiciary Committee, as I just said, were implored to save their… — Russ Feingold
And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee. — Stephen Breyer
We are worried about the size of the deficit, which is why the president is pleased that the House and Senate have followed his lead… — Ken Mehlman
At that point, which would be around February 2002, they came and they confiscated my computer, because, they said, they were suspecting that I was… — Sibel Edmonds
Now that this legislation has passed the House, I look forward to the vote in the Senate that will bring us to Conference, where we… — John M. McHugh
It is a great privilege for any man to become a member of the Senate. — Lionel Murphy
All alone in a committee room of the Senate Office Building in Washington, I was reading the dry typewritten pages in an unpublished report of… — Robert W. Welch, Jr.
I really think the Patriot Act violates our Constitution. It was, it is, an illegal act. The Congress, the Senate and the president cannot change… — Peter Camejo

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