Art Quote by Dick Durbin

When I got to the Senate, one of the things that most bothered me is this lack of urgency about the major issues.

— Marco Rubio

The Senate is extremely slow: They have enormous difficulty passing the bills that even get through the House. That's the reality that I've recognized…

— Kirsten Gillibrand

What's going on in the Senate is kind of a politics of escalation. We're getting sort of like the Mideast: pay back everybody when…

— Lindsey Graham

The frustration of the Senate is that it's slow. It looks like an aquarium.

— Jim Webb

“For myself the delay may be compared with a reprieve; for in confidence I assure you, with the world it would obtain little credit…

— George Washington

I must say I am not pleased to have to arrange the Senate schedule around the availability of Senators who are running for President.

— Arlen Specter

I hate bureaucracy for the sake of delay.

— Louise Angela Deseles

I am extremely energized to be in the Senate, because the Senate is the only emergency brake on the Trump train right now. And…

— Tim Kaine

I should hate to think that the Senate was as tired of me at the beginning of my service as I am of the…

— Charles G. Dawes

From an institution standpoint, I want the American people to understand that the Senate can function, even on the most serious things.

— Richard Burr

Coming to serve in the Senate and also running for the Senate in a short time period is not for the faint of heart.…

— Tina Smith

The United States Senate is already chock full of career politicians and insiders who fall in line for political expediency and refuse to stand…

— Todd Wilcox