Political Quotes

“Madam President, it has been the honor of my lifetime to represent Hoosiers here in the U.S. Senate. When I said I was going to do this back in 2017--I didn't have much of a political legacy--to leave my business that I had spent 37 years running and that I wanted to run for the U.S. Senate, everybody said: a fool's errand--it couldn't be done. But there were a lot of Hoosiers wanting the system to be shaken up a little bit. When I interpreted, I think, what politics was doing back in 2015 and 2016, I crafted that unusual idea that it could be done even when you have made most of your life in the trenches in the real world. I was told when I got here: Freshman Senators are not to be heard, may be seen. Sit back; learn the ropes. Well, that wasn't going to work for me because I had already put myself into a corner because I said I wouldn't do it more than two terms. That is unusual. Everyone says it, they get amnesia, and then you know the rest of the story. I have been so proud of what we have done here in these 6 years, what we have done for Hoosiers. And when I tell you about some of the things that can be done, I think you are going to be amazed. I put together a staff that came here mostly from Indiana, and their goal was to get things done, to get it across the finish line.…”