Quotes tagged ‘senate’

“He speculated, 'if our capable floor staff hadn’t grabbed them, they would have been burned by the mob.'”

— Melissa Macaya, Mike Hayes, CNN, Fernando Alfonso III, Veronica Rocha, Melissa Mahtani, Meg Wagner, cnn.com

“There’s going to be an investigation. There’s going to be testimony. There’s going to be records. But, for all the things that might emerge then, he confessed on television to the abuse of power. So there’s this central fact that Congress has to weigh in on: whether this is or is not a high crime. F…”

— Pete Buttigieg, newyorker.com

“No one should say we won't get there. Because, the real truth is, no one can know that.”

— Chris Cillizza, CNN Politics, cnn.com

“We are a nation of conscience, and I found partners on the other side of the aisle who agree with me on these issues. And we can build from there. In fact, when I first came to the Senate, people laughed. I had people telling me, 'There's no way you're going to get a comprehensive criminal justice r…”

— Cory Booker, npr.org

“[in the Senate where all the senators are gathered] Gracchus: But the Senate is the people, Sire, chosen from among the people, to speak for the people. Commodus: I doubt if many of the people eat so well as you do, Gracchus, or have such splendid mistresses Gaius. I think I understand my own people…”

— David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson, Senator Gracchus:, Derek Jacobi, imdb.com

“If Democrats win back the House in November, Nancy is in the driver’s seat. It is up to her whether she wants to return as Speaker or not. She has not said definitively what her plans are. I also have not seen anyone step up and say that they are going to challenge her.”

— Joaquin Castro, harvardpolitics.com

“It depends on the kind of mood that they are in. For example, there are areas where I thought that we would be able to cooperate where things have not occurred. I thought that we would be able to cooperate on infrastructure, for example, and criminal justice, and that has not occurred anywhere to th…”

— Joaquin Castro, harvardpolitics.com

“Any time you have divided government—if you have a Congress of one party and a president of the other party, or a split Congress and a president of one of the other parties—it is tough. But you try to pass the legislation that is important to you and try to negotiate with the Senate, in the scenario…”

— Joaquin Castro, harvardpolitics.com

“If we had known we were going to win control of the Senate, we'd have run better candidates”

— Bob Dole, edition.cnn.com

“As long as there are only 3 to 4 people on the floor, the country is in good hands. It's only when you have 50 to 60 in the Senate that you want to be concerned.”

— Bob Dole, en.wikiquote.org

“When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'”

— Theodore Roosevelt, cnn.com

“We have a responsibility to find common ground. That’s my view.”

— Nancy Pelosi, nytimes.com

“Shortly before entering the Senate early Friday, John McCain promised a show. Then, he delivered.”

— CNN, twitter.com

“The Senate is delaying their vote on the Healthcare Bill. The suspense may kill us before lack of insurance does.”

— Stephen Colbert, twitter.com