Political Quotes

“Mr. President, it is interesting that I follow our minority leader who spoke about the Keystone XL Pipeline issue, as well as the chairman of the agriculture committee in the Senate, the esteemed Senator from Michigan Ms. Stabenow, who has done such a marvelous job of leading the farm bill. The role of Congress is to govern. The people of this great country-- more than 300 million people, and the country that leads the world-- send us here to govern. To govern, we have to join together on a bipartisan basis to get something done. Solutions, by their nature-- particularly solutions to complex problems--are never perfect. There are no perfect solutions. But we are elected to join together, Republicans and Democrats, and solve problems; to put together solutions, although not perfect, that will meet the challenges this great Nation faces. Regarding energy, I echo the sentiments of the minority leader. I have worked on the Keystone project for more than 5 years now, first as a Governor and now as a Senator, and we have tremendous bipartisan support on that project and we need to move forward. The minority leader is right on point. I come today to talk about what I believe we are on the cusp of moving forward on, something we have worked on very hard, particularly these last 2 years, and that is the farm bill.…”