Although I'd first seen Senator Hart in Aspen, Colorado, at a New Year's Day party in 1987, we hadn't talked.
Since I'm the president and Democrats have controlled the House and the Senate, it's understandable that people are saying, you know, 'What have you done?'
No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else.
I think the problem with President Obama - and I like him personally, I came into the Senate with him - is his agenda.
It brings me back to reality. The combine doesn't care if you're a senator or not. It breaks down whenever it wants to break down.
Senator Kerry says he sees two Americas. It makes the whole thing mutual - America sees two John Kerrys.
More of 'The Bourne Identity's script was taken from the events of the Iran Contra, which my father investigated for the Senate, than what was taken from Robert Ludlum's novel.
Now I have known Sen. Bill Frist, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, since he was born.
While it's true that Washington would benefit from more civility, the Senate, behind the scenes, is an extraordinarily collegial institution.
When I became the first woman to represent the state of Texas in the United State Senate, it was with the help of a lot of women - and a large number of men, too.
Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.
I'm the only United States Senator in the country that I'm aware of that's had the far left up on TV and the far right up on TV against me at the same time.
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.
Gracchus: The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the Senate, it's the sand of the Colosseum. He'll bring them death and they will love him for it.
[Lucilla tries to convince Maximus to conspire with Senator Gracchus] Lucilla: This man wants what you want. Maximus: Then have *him* kill Commodus!
Flood - Newsman: Have a drink, Senator! Sweeney Farrell - Newsman: It'll taste better than the truth.
Senator Morton: I'll have him called up immediately. Barbara Morton: Obstructing the wheels of justice, Daddy?
Senator Ortolan Finistirre: That's ludicrous - The great state of Vermont will not apologize for its cheese!
Mystique: [to Senator Kelly] You know, people like you are the reason I was afraid to go to school as a child.
In Washington, if you're a congressman or a senator or the President, you make much more money than the average American, but you'd think that if you were the leader of the free world you'd be making major bank, and you don't.
If Senator Kerry understands the nature of this threat and the need to take on terror, then he should immediately repudiate these troubling comments, and stop all efforts on behalf of his surrogates to blame America for these attacks.
