William Pryor: “I echo the sentiment and the words of the minority leader today. I applaud him for bringing up this initiative, the…”

“I echo the sentiment and the words of the minority leader today. I applaud him for bringing up this initiative, the politics of common ground. When I think about the term 'common ground,' sometimes I think about the concept of compromise. When we think about compromise, we know that means finding common ground without sacrificing your principles. One thing the distinguished Senator from South Dakota is talking about is that we all have our differences. Lord knows, we have a lot of differences just on this side of the aisle. Trying to get on one page a lot of times is nearly impossible. Certainly we have our differences in this body. That is OK. If you think about it, that is exactly the way the Founding Fathers intended it to be. They wanted Members to come here and do battle in the Senate and talk about ideas and concepts and policies that we all believe are good for our Nation. We may have different approaches on different issues, but certainly at the end of the day we should all work together, shake hands, and move on to the next issue. When I was running for the Senate, one thing I heard from people all over my State, the State of Arkansas, was: There is too much partisan bickering in Washington. In fact, they would tell me when I traveled around the State, it looks a lot like trench warfare in Washington. The two sides are dug in, shooting at each other, but at the end of the process not a lot gets done, although there are a lot of casualties.”