Political Quotes

“The elections are over. It is time for us to move forward. It is time to move forward and, in working together, begin the process of moving our great country forward. Last week the American people spoke for change. In the months ahead, Senate Democrats will fight for change. We are going to focus on three priorities, including bipartisanship. We have to work together. We can't accomplish anything as Democrats standing alone. As has been shown, the Republicans couldn't accomplish anything standing alone. We need to work together to pass legislation on a bipartisan basis and send it to the White House. We must have open government--a new word: ``transparency''--and we have to have results. Bipartisanship is great. But if people don't see what we are doing and there are no results, it is not as it should be. We have a lot of challenges: health care, energy, the economy, including these deficits we have; Iraq. We need to restore checks and balances.”