Senate Quotes

I didn't get to the Senate by accident.

I've been outspent by my opponents every time I've run for U.S. Senate.

Advice and consent does not mean rubber stamp in the Senate.

My opponents will do anything they can to distract from their own flawed candidate. Bob Menendez is under federal criminal investigation. As far as I know, he is the only candidate for Senate under federal criminal investigation.

Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.

I'm interested in being part of a majority in the Senate.

I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Trent Lott.

I'm a results-oriented person and my Senate record shows that.

My viewpoint is the Senate is dysfunctional.

We must return conservatives to the majority in the U.S. Senate.

The Senate is an unknowing world.

You need the House, you need the Senate and you need the administration. And absent one of them, you're not going to get a heck of a lot done.

In the executive branch, winning by a whisker is as good as winning in a landslide, but not so in the Senate.

I've always been intrigued by the Senate, and admired many of the people who have served there.

I'm no one's pet, and I intend to be an independent voice in the U.S. Senate.

What happens in the Senate is the Republicans sink to the lowest common denominator.

I feel very confident that that information should be sufficient for the members of the Senate to make an informed decision about John Roberts' qualifications.

Senator, we just don't use that kind of language on the floor of the Senate.

My State Senate district was in the northern part of Oklahoma and they were redrawing the districts.

I think dealing with the U.S. Senate is very different from dealing with the electorate.

Prior to that I testified before the Senate subcommittee addressing mountaintop removal.

First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you.