318 Senate Quotes for You to Enjoy

Rather than serving in the U.S. Senate for almost 20 years or having so many other wonderful life experiences, I could have served a longer sentence in prison for some of the stupid, reckless things I did as a teenager. Alan K. Simpson

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Before holding elective office - 12 years in the Wyoming House of Representatives and 18 years in the U.S. Senate - I served a different type of time. I was on probation for a federal offense committed as a teenager. Alan K. Simpson

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The Republicans in the House and Senate took the district that I firmly represent, 22 in south Florida, from a D plus one to a D plus five almost a D plus six district, which means you are given a five to six percent registration advantage to Democrats. They drew in more Democrats into the district I represent. Allen West

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My husband is the first man to consistently be involved in the Senate Spouses group. Amy Klobuchar

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The floor of the U.S. Senate isn't a place that usually sees a lot of drama. Amy Klobuchar

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When I ran for the Senate, I ran to bring change to Washington, not simply to become a woman senator. Amy Klobuchar

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I am proud to be a woman in the Senate. Amy Klobuchar

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I love representing Minnesota in the Senate. Amy Klobuchar

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Let me tell you this: if Marco Rubio - even though he's only been in the Senate for a very short period of time, that man has a huge, huge opportunity in this country, and I think he could be the president. Andrew Breitbart

It's hard running as an independent. I wouldn't have won the Senate election if I hadn't been governor. I had credibility. The hard part is getting voters to the point where they think it's thinkable and not a waste of time. Angus King

I have decided not to run for the U.S. Senate and instead continue my efforts to make California a better place to live, work, and raise a family. We have come a long way, but our work is not done, and neither am I. Antonio Villaraigosa

There are conspiracies all over the Senate floor on any day! Arlen Specter

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My tenure in the Senate was really as an independent and whichever, regardless of party label. Arlen Specter

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If you go through the regular process of the House and Senate passing companion bills and then try and work out differences in the conference, maybe we can get something done. Austin Scott

Tonight, you are hearing from the Democratic women of the Senate... We stand together on so many issues: economic prosperity, quality education for all, protecting a woman's right to choose. Barbara Boxer

When I ran for the Senate the first time, I ran against the wealthiest guy in the state of Vermont. He spent a lot on advertising - very ugly stuff. He kept attacking me as a liberal. He didn't use the word 'socialist' at all because everybody in the state knows that I am that. Bernie Sanders

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In 1940, then-Senator Harry Truman headed up a Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program. In the course of World War II, more than $15 billion in unnecessary and fraudulent defense spending was identified. Bernie Sanders

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I'd like to see that bipartisanship come back that we used to have in the House of Representatives, in the Clinton years. I think there's a possibility that the voters are going to send the message that everybody running - Congress, the Senate, the presidency - that they want us to come together. Bill Richardson

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I look at the Senior Al Gore that I had the chance to serve in the Senate with. A great human being. He went down to defeat to this right wing bunch back at the time. Birch Bayh

We all went up to Washington on a mission to change things. What I found is that the Founding Fathers set it up where it's a little more difficult to do. We've got the Senate and the president to deal with. Blake Farenthold

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