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Senate Quotes (page 11)

As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate. John McCain
Tom Daschle quote: "It was important for us to be as supportive as our candidates..."
It was important for us to be as supportive as our candidates and as our incumbent senators would have us be. Tom Daschle
The U.S. Senate does not allow legislative provisions to be included in appropriations bills, for much the same reason that most Americans are concerned about earmarks: it creates a slippery slope by which lobbyists and special interest groups can sneak provisions into large, must-pass legislation. Ron Wyden
It took a little over a decade to build a coalition strong enough to beat the insurance companies, but in 1990, then Senator Tom Daschle and I passed a law regulating the private market for supplemental Medicare insurance policies. Ron Wyden
I think if progressives stay at this, continue at the grassroots level to make the case that all Americans should have choice, all Americans ought to be able to hold insurance companies accountable, I think we will have 60 votes in the United States Senate for a strong bill. Ron Wyden
Obviously if you are an accountant, a criminal lawyer, a president, or a senator, or if you work in a funeral parlor, you have to wear a tie, but more and more people are wearing very casual clothes. Jean Pigozzi
Frank Dane quote: "Rome had Senators too, that's why it declined."
Rome had Senators too, that's why it declined. Frank Dane
You know, there were 29 Democratic votes for censure in the Senate. And if the Republicans had any sense, they would have censured him before the '98 midterm election, and they would have won the election. Chris Matthews
John Jay Hooker quote: "Now I have known Sen. Bill Frist, the Majority Leader of the..."
Now I have known Sen. Bill Frist, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, since he was born. John Jay Hooker
It is preposterous that the current members of the United States Senate and all of their predecessors for more than 200 years haven't been able to read the Constitution and do what it says. John Jay Hooker
It is plain that, when it comes to inferior officers, Congress itself can pass a law sending these nominees to the President with him having the authority to put them on the bench without the advice and consent of the Senate. John Jay Hooker
I believe the two biggest mistakes made by the Founders were giving Federal judges life-time appointments and permitting them to be confirmed without the agreement of two-thirds of the members of the United States Senate. John Jay Hooker
Ernest F. Hollings quote: "Someone has said the best nursing home is the U.S. Senate."
Someone has said the best nursing home is the U.S. Senate. Ernest F. Hollings
We are here today because of grass-roots conservatives all over the place. That's the way the democratic process is supposed to work. It's not supposed to be a bunch of guys in a smoky room in Austin picking the next Senator. Ted Cruz
Enough of these little kitty cats we keep sending to Washington. David Dewhurst will compromise every day in the U.S. Senate... It's what he's done every day in state government. Ted Cruz

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