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Montanans elected me to the Senate to do away with shady backroom deals and to make government work better.
I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks.
What I can do as the member of the United States Senate is try to do everything I can to keep America safe.
Jim, I'm not aware of any formal requests from the Senate Judiciary Committee for these kinds of documents.
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'
I'm not going to run for Senate and I'm not going to run for Governor. I'd like to put those rumors to rest.
If I am elected, God willing, to the United States Senate, I will be leading the charge for President Trump.
I left my business to run for the Senate because I believe the government needs to run more like a business.
I'm the only pro-life woman in the Senate. I take this issue very seriously. I'm the mother of two children.
When I first came to the Senate, people in both parties went out of their way to have personal relationships.
So far, Senate Republicans are good at getting Facebook likes and town halls and not much else. Do something.
In the executive branch, winning by a whisker is as good as winning in a landslide, but not so in the Senate.
It shouldn't take a constitutional crisis or an attack on the nation to create honest dialogue in the Senate.
House Speaker John Boehner and presumed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell understand the art of politics.
The Senate could use more people who had to sweat for a living and fewer of the politicians who made this mess.
Every member of the Senate has a constitutional duty to follow the Constitution and to uphold the Constitution.
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
It costs about $27 million to win a seat in the United States Senate, so when you win one, you like to sit down.
I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Trent Lott.
I feel that I am best positioned to fight for America's future here in the trenches of the United States Senate.
I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
The bottom line is, when you're in the Senate, you have more of a voice in the beginning than a new House member.
When I got to the Senate, one of the things that most bothered me is this lack of urgency about the major issues.
I was elected to the Senate in 2010 by people worried about our country, worried about our kids and their future.
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, my first priority is to ensure the readiness of our military.
If I wanted to be president of the United States, I'd run for the Senate in 1986. And I'm just not going to do it.
In the Senate, I will defend the protections in the Affordable Care Act, and expand health care to more Americans.
I'm going to work with the Senate and the House to make sure we have a bill that lowers tuition for all Floridians.
Apparently there are some Democratic leaders in the Senate that are running for office who now believe in tax cuts.
In 2010, there were 57 lawyers, zero manufacturers, and way too many career politicians in the United States Senate.
Before I was in the Senate, I was a superintendent of the Denver Public Schools, and before that, I was in business.
The Senate has a reputation as quite a collegial place, and I have found that to be true, especially with the women.
So in the House and Senate, we own the budget. So what does that mean? That means that we can pass the spending bill.
I think the thing that's impressed me the most has been the fantastic professionalism of the officials in the Senate.
President Obama's decision to bypass the constitutional advice and consent of the Senate is not an isolated incident.
I want to do my part in fighting for America's future. That's why I have decided to run for the United States Senate.
I was in the state Senate in Wyoming, and we actually legislated. We offered amendments on bills and voted on things.
When I'm elected to the Senate, I will continue to meet with all Marylanders, whether we agree on every issue or not.
In America, our differences matter, but our country matters more. That's the attitude I wanted to take to the Senate.
I am extremely privileged to serve Rhode Island in the United States Senate, and that is my only goal and aspiration.
I was advised by my assistant that the women of the Senate don't do potlucks. To which I responded, 'Of course we do.'
I'm president of the Senate. I'm not a neophyte when it comes to understanding political alignments and misalignments.
I was appointed to the Senate, and it has been my job to serve in the Senate and then to earn the vote of Minnesotans.
I think the problem with President Obama - and I like him personally, I came into the Senate with him - is his agenda.
I firmly believe the Senate should see more voting and debate and less standing around and waiting for backroom deals.
I'm running because Hoosiers deserve a senator who sounds the same on the factory floor as he does on the Senate floor.
First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you.
If I live my life thinking that something might not pass the Senate, I would never even get up and bother to go to work.
It is not nothing to ask someone holding an election certificate in the United States Senate to provide his or her vote.