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U.S. Senate
Quotes from current and former United States senators.
Current senators
ID-RIdaho12 Quotes
CO-DColorado218 Quotes
MD-DAngela AlsobrooksMaryland8 Quotes
OK-RAlan ArmstrongOklahoma
WI-DTammy BaldwinWisconsin1,677 Quotes
WY-RJohn BarrassoWyoming2,859 Quotes
CO-DHiram BennetColorado1,771 Quotes
TN-RMarsha BlackburnTennessee1,096 Quotes
CT-DRichard BlumenthalConnecticut6,331 Quotes
NJ-DCory BookerNew Jersey3,254 Quotes
AR-RJohn BoozmanArkansas1,778 Quotes
AL-RKatie BrittAlabama404 Quotes
NC-RTed BuddNorth Carolina132 Quotes
WA-DMaria CantwellWashington2,651 Quotes
WV-RShelley CapitoWest Virginia1,246 Quotes
PA-DRobert CaseyPennsylvania345 Quotes
LA-RBill CassidyLouisiana2,075 Quotes
ME-RSusan CollinsMaine4,670 Quotes
DE-DChris CoonsDelaware3,121 Quotes
DE-DChristopher CoonsDelaware
TX-RJohn CornynTexas1,534 Quotes
NV-DCatherine Cortez MastoNevada2,085 Quotes
AR-RTom CottonArkansas714 Quotes
ND-RKevin CramerNorth Dakota576 Quotes
ID-RMichael CrapoIdaho1,174 Quotes
TX-RTed CruzTexas2,519 Quotes
MT-RSteve DainesMontana245 Quotes
MT-RSteven DainesMontana1,585 Quotes
IL-DTammy DuckworthIllinois1,049 Quotes
IL-DRichard DurbinIllinois4,683 Quotes
IA-RJoni ErnstIowa750 Quotes
PA-DJohn FettermanPennsylvania556 Quotes
NE-RDeb FischerNebraska151 Quotes
NE-RDebra FischerNebraska488 Quotes
AZ-DRuben GallegoArizona85 Quotes
NY-DKirsten GillibrandNew York1,957 Quotes
SC-RLindsey GrahamSouth Carolina5,018 Quotes
IA-RCharles GrassleyIowa40 Quotes
IA-RCharles GrassleyIowa2,624 Quotes
TN-RBill HagertyTennessee871 Quotes
NH-DMargaret HassanNew Hampshire2,411 Quotes
MO-RJoshua HawleyMissouri1,582 Quotes
NM-DMartin HeinrichNew Mexico917 Quotes
CO-DJohn HickenlooperColorado744 Quotes
HI-DMazie HironoHawaii2,187 Quotes
ND-RJohn HoevenNorth Dakota1,793 Quotes
OH-RJon HustedOhio22 Quotes
MS-RCindy Hyde-SmithMississippi383 Quotes
WI-RLester JohnsonWisconsin
WI-RRon JohnsonWisconsin
VA-DTimothy KaineVirginia1 Quote
VA-DTimothy KaineVirginia6,013 Quotes
AZ-DMark KellyArizona1,295 Quotes
LA-RJohn KennedyLouisiana143 Quotes
ME-IAngus KingMaine2,427 Quotes
MN-DAmy KlobucharMinnesota4,598 Quotes
OK-RJames LankfordOklahoma3,368 Quotes
UT-RMike LeeUtah2,007 Quotes
NM-DBen LujánNew Mexico985 Quotes
WY-RCynthia LummisWyoming908 Quotes
MA-DEdward MarkeyMassachusetts5,662 Quotes
KS-RRoger MarshallKansas819 Quotes
KY-RMitch McConnellKentucky1,459 Quotes
PA-RDave McCormickPennsylvania21 Quotes
OR-DJeff MerkleyOregon3,838 Quotes
KS-RJerry MoranKansas3,171 Quotes
OHBernie MorenoOhio33 Quotes
AK-RLisa MurkowskiAlaska7,810 Quotes
CT-DChris MurphyConnecticut2,780 Quotes
CT-DChristopher MurphyConnecticut314 Quotes
WA-DPatty MurrayWashington4,993 Quotes
GA-DJon OssoffGeorgia606 Quotes
CA-DAlejandro PadillaCalifornia1,069 Quotes
KY-RRand PaulKentucky2,148 Quotes
MI-DGary PetersMichigan1,780 Quotes
RI-DJohn ReedRhode Island3,141 Quotes
RI-DJohn ReedRhode Island
NE-RPete RickettsNebraska256 Quotes
ID-RJames RischIdaho
ID-RJim RischIdaho2,266 Quotes
NV-DJacky RosenNevada805 Quotes
SD-RMike RoundsSouth Dakota742 Quotes
VT-IBernard SandersVermont5,528 Quotes
NE-RBenjamin SasseNebraska201 Quotes
HI-DBrian SchatzHawaii1,643 Quotes
MO-REric SchmittMissouri98 Quotes
NY-DCharles SchumerNew York3,907 Quotes
FL-RRick ScottFlorida801 Quotes
SC-RTim ScottSouth Carolina2,049 Quotes
NH-DJeanne ShaheenNew Hampshire3,605 Quotes
MT-RTim SheehyMontana9 Quotes
MN-DTina SmithMinnesota468 Quotes
AK-RDan SullivanAlaska361 Quotes
AK-RDaniel SullivanAlaska2,069 Quotes
SD-RJohn ThuneSouth Dakota2,523 Quotes
NC-RThom TillisNorth Carolina896 Quotes
AL-RTommy TubervilleAlabama536 Quotes
MD-DChris Van HollenMaryland4,308 Quotes
VA-DMark WarnerVirginia2,778 Quotes
GA-DRaphael WarnockGeorgia933 Quotes
MA-DElizabeth WarrenMassachusetts5,833 Quotes
MA-DElizabeth WarrenMassachusetts
RI-DSheldon WhitehouseRhode Island3,731 Quotes
MS-RRoger WickerMississippi2,209 Quotes
OR-DRon WydenOregon5,256 Quotes
IN-RTodd YoungIndiana645 Quotes
Former senators

It is absurd to have to say this in 2025, but vaccines are safe and effective.

I joked with @POTUS that I had four jobs. He told me to give one to my friend @RussVought47. So I did.

By keeping Robert Kennedy in charge of HHS, Trump is doubling down on his own failure.

Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.

Given that this package was sent to Congress very close to the end of the fiscal year when the funds are scheduled to expire, this is an apparent attempt to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval.

Donald Trump knew Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be a disastrous pick to lead health care in America and he nominated him anyway.

This new Republican policy to detain firefighters on the job is as immoral as it is dangerous.

Isn’t it a little preposterous to say that the president of the United States — the elected president of the United States, working of course in concert with Congress — doesn’t have the ability to make these determinations?

Article I of the Constitution makes clear that Congress has the responsibility for the power of the purse.

I am demanding immediate answers from this administration about the circumstances of this incident.

I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do. Just shut up. Stop peddling bulls---.

We really do have, I think, a mental health crisis in the United States of America.

He’s the last person making phone calls at night, and he’s the first person who wakes up and the first person making phone calls in the morning.

The question is: Do we want a person who makes a mistake like that to be a person who sits on the Federal Reserve Board, which makes important monetary policy for the entire country?

RFK Jr.’s stubborn, pigheaded, and conspiracy-based attacks on proven science are going to make many more people sick and cause more deaths.

This story from Politico is journalistic malpractice. But it's more than that: it's a foreign influence operation meant to hurt the administration and one of our most effective members.





