Political Quotes

On the record

U.S. Senate

Quotes from current and former United States senators.

Filter by
522,387 quotes

Current senators

Former senators

Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 9, 2026

What you had is AIPAC spending 30 million dollars in the Democratic primary trying to defeat Abdul.

cbsnews.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 9, 2026

Raising taxes on the rich, making sure that everybody in Wisconsin or America has health care as a right, sounds quite reasonable to me.

cbsnews.com
Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Aug 9, 2026

This is not the time to be political. It is the time to be a good senator.

cbsnews.com
Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Aug 9, 2026

What if you touch it and you rescue it? I think the president would touch that. What if you touch it and you actually increase benefits for some? I think the president would touch that.

cbsnews.com
Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Aug 9, 2026

I was told by a couple of my colleagues, I'm a lousy politician, but a good senator. I would challenge everybody at this moment to be a good senator.

cbsnews.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 9, 2026

I think she is being outspent seven to one. And, under those circumstances, it's tough for anybody to win.

cbsnews.com
Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Aug 9, 2026

Yes, I think he does. JD Vance came and spoke to the Republican lunch and did a good job of explaining the perspective as how to go forward, and someone said, not me, someone else, JD, the president needs to give that same message to the…

cbsnews.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 9, 2026

We need a candidate like Abdul who has the guts to stand up for working class families.

cbsnews.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 9, 2026

We have people sleeping out in the streets. People can't afford health care.

cbsnews.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 9, 2026

It is insane that the Democrats would allow somebody to come in, an entity to come in, that will then, if they lose, go into the other party.

cbsnews.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 9, 2026

They're sick and tired of massive income and wealth inequality.

cbsnews.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 9, 2026

I think Abdul's victory was one of the most extraordinary victories in modern political history.

cbsnews.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 9, 2026

People are tired of the status quo politics and establishment policies-they want real change.

cbsnews.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 9, 2026

In Michigan, in my view, Abdul's victory was one of the most extraordinary victories in modern political history.

cbsnews.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 9, 2026

I think what we're seeing in Minnesota, Margaret, in Michigan, and all across this country is that people understand that we're living with an economy that is rigged.

cbsnews.com
Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Aug 9, 2026

I think he does. J.D. Vance came and spoke to the Republican lunch and did a good job of explaining the perspective as to how to go forward.

cbsnews.com
Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Aug 9, 2026

So we're trying to get something done. We were trying to set up a process by which the Senate would invite the House to join and present bills that could be a solution.

cbsnews.com
Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Aug 9, 2026

I condemn language like that. It's not to say that – let me just stop. The – the – the Muslims that I typically work with are doctors working in a remote area of Louisiana who otherwise would not have a physician unless Dr. Mohammed…

cbsnews.com
Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 9, 2026

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has portrayed cost-cutting measures as necessary to right-size an organization many conservatives see as bloated and overly bureaucratic.

globalnews.ca
Robert F. Kennedy
@robertfkennedy· NY· Aug 9, 2026

We are removing unnecessary bureaucracy, strengthening nutrition and physical health, trusting parents and local communities, and opening Head Start to hundreds of thousands more children.

georgiarecorder.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 9, 2026

It is beyond unacceptable that in the year 2026, the United States remains the only major country on Earth not to guarantee paid vacation time to workers. This legislation would put an end to that international embarrassment,

sanders.senate.gov
Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Aug 9, 2026

I will continue fighting to protect the independence of the DOJ and ensure that no one is above the law.

lujan.senate.gov