Senate Quotes

497 Senate quotes by 335 unique authors

Unfortunately, actions taken by the Senate ensured that relief from the death tax would only be temporary and that it would come back to life… — Doc Hastings
I hope that the Senate acts quickly to pass this legislation so that Americans will no longer worry about having to sell the family farm… — Doc Hastings
Prediction? The Democrats will win. I think it will be a close win, both for the House and for the Senate. — John Dingell
Now I have known Sen. Bill Frist, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, since he was born. — John Jay Hooker
Prior to that I testified before the Senate subcommittee addressing mountaintop removal. — Kevin Richardson
But if I had committed a breach of privilege, it was the privilege of the Senate, and not of this House, which was violated. I… — Preston Brooks
Well, my constituents are happy that the Republican Party has finally gotten off its duff, seeing that we do control the House and the Senate… — Dana Rohrabacher
Too many of my Senate colleagues overdid it. They stayed on too long - napping through committee hearings when they should have packed up and… — Leverett Saltonstall
Americans simply ask for, not just Democrats in the House but also the Senate has asked the President for a clear plan as it relates… — Kendrick Meek
The prosperity of a nation requires the protection of a senate. Hereafter a national senate may require the protection of a national army. — Thomas Francis Meagher
There was a Republican majority of the Senate, and it tempered the nature of the nominations being made. — Spencer Abraham
I hope that as the Senate and American people learn more about me, they will see that I am an ordinary person who has been… — Sonia Sotomayor
I never would have believed as a candidate for the U.S. Senate that the U.S. government could buy GM without a hearing, with no vote,… — Mike Johanns
Today, Democrats not only have the White House; they have the Senate too. So we have to be realistic about what we can and cannot… — Mitch McConnell
You know, we have three branches of government. We have a House. We have a Senate. We have a President. — Chuck Schumer
My viewpoint is the Senate is dysfunctional. — Mo Brooks
Right now, there are nearly 30 jobs bills passed by the House with support from both Republicans and Democrats that are awaiting action in the… — Nan Hayworth
I think dealing with the U.S. Senate is very different from dealing with the electorate. — David Remnick
The U.S. Senate does not allow legislative provisions to be included in appropriations bills, for much the same reason that most Americans are concerned about… — Ron Wyden
We can move America forward with a strong middle class. We can move America forward with a strong Democratic majority in the Senate. And together… — Harry Reid
We must return conservatives to the majority in the U.S. Senate. — Jeb Bush
The women of the Senate are like the U.S. Olympic team: we come in different sizes, but we sure are united in our determination to… — Barbara Mikulski
I think that if Republicans are given the reins of leadership in the House or Senate or both, we will have to govern in a… — John Thune
The Farm Bill is one of the only bills that provides substantial deficit reduction that passed the Senate this year. It only makes sense that… — Debbie Stabenow
When President Obama was in the Senate, when he was a U.S. senator, he voted against raising the debt ceiling. And he said it was… — Cathy McMorris Rodgers

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