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I find it very difficult to see a scenario where financial regulation doesn't pass the Senate.
The millions of people in our country with severe health-care needs needed to know that many of us in the House and Senate have those kinds of concerns, too.
Cheerleading gave me a love of sports, which I brought to the Senate. I can talk to the good ol' boys about college sports because I follow it like they do.
If a minister can lead the Senate in prayer every day... what is so wrong with beginning every day of school with an ecumenical prayer?
My State Senate district was in the northern part of Oklahoma and they were redrawing the districts.
When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies.
Maine farmers are critical to our state, and they deserve an advocate in the Senate.
In America, our differences matter, but our country matters more. That's the attitude I wanted to take to the Senate.
Every week in the Senate, I give a speech telling my colleagues it is time to wake up to the reality of a changing climate.
In 2010, there were 57 lawyers, zero manufacturers, and way too many career politicians in the United States Senate.
Let's get this straight now: a Senate impeachment trial is not a court of law. It's a court of politics.
When I arrived in the Senate, the moderate so-called Rockefeller Republicans held the balance of power.
President Obama's decision to bypass the constitutional advice and consent of the Senate is not an isolated incident.
I think I'm pretty politically informed, and I find myself watching Senate hearings on C-SPAN.
When his nomination comes before the United States Senate, Timothy Batten can count on my strong support... He is the right person for the job.
As it became clear that Senator Rubio was likely to run for president, I received encouragement to consider running for the Senate.
The day that I was elected to the United States Senate remains among the most cherished of my life.
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 had a personal email when I was in the Senate, as the vast majority of senators do. It was very convenient. I did all of my business on personal emails.
It is not nothing to ask someone holding an election certificate in the United States Senate to provide his or her vote.
I was elected to the Senate in 2010 by people worried about our country, worried about our kids and their future.
I feel that I am best positioned to fight for America's future here in the trenches of the United States Senate.
Ted Kennedy will go down in history as one of the giants of the U.S. Senate and one the most accomplished legislators in American history.
What I can do as the member of the United States Senate is try to do everything I can to keep America safe.
If the Republicans get control back of the United States Senate, we will no longer have a check and balance on the White House, on the Republican Congress.
Economic conservatives like immigration reform, and in fact, many of them supported the bill that John McCain and I put together in the Senate.
It shouldn't take a constitutional crisis or an attack on the nation to create honest dialogue in the Senate.
If you are a junior member of a minority party - one of 100 people - in the U.S. Senate, what really can you do? Well, you're just going to get frustrated.
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.
So far, Senate Republicans are good at getting Facebook likes and town halls and not much else. Do something.
It is a privilege to serve the country in the United States Senate and serve the people of New Hampshire. I wake up every day with a sense of purpose.
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
In the Senate, I will work to shrink the size of our federal government to its core Constitutional role so the private sector can thrive.
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.
Improving some of the rules under which the Senate functions can begin to replace some of the bad habits Washington has developed with better ones.
I haven't changed any of my investments since I've been in the Senate and haven't purchased any stocks since I've been in the Senate.
No one outside of the Black Caucus would be happy to see Alcee Hastings in a chairmanship. I first saw Alcee Hastings in his impeachment trial in the Senate.
Well, first, if I am fortunate enough to be elected to the U.S. Senate, it won't be a party that will have elected me. It will be the people of California.
In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead.
I applaud Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison and the legislators in the Nevada State Senate who have introduced SB 26 to fight the BDS movement in Nevada.
When I was in Minnesota serving in the state Senate and in Washington, D.C., I did everything I could to defeat cap and trade. I didn't work to implement cap and trade.
I will not seek reelection the United States Senate but will retire from public service in January 2013. There is no reason other than the fact than I think it's time.
I served in the state Senate for six years with retiring Gov. John Lynch. During that time, we had the fourth-lowest unemployment rate in the country.
I'm still a reservist. We have three drilling reservists in the Senate. Senator Graham serves in the Air Force, Senator Brown serves in the Army, and I serve in the Navy.
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 do the best for our country!
Someday a political genius will come along and make the Senate work.
The floor of the U.S. Senate isn't a place that usually sees a lot of drama.
The bottom line is, when you're in the Senate, you have more of a voice in the beginning than a new House member.
If you're hanging around with nothing to do and the zoo is closed, come over to the Senate. You'll get the same kind of feeling and you won't have to pay.
I was advised by my assistant that the women of the Senate don't do potlucks. To which I responded, 'Of course we do.'