Political Quotes

“as you know, I have only had the honor--I call it an honor honestly--the honor to serve as a U.S. Senator for 14 months. Every day when I drive down Pennsylvania, make a left on Constitution, and see the sunrise over the Capitol, I genuinely feel the weight of how important this office is. I actually have incredible admiration not for my forefathers--my forefathers came from South America--but for the forefathers of the people who built this country. Think of the wisdom of what our Founders envisioned. Our Founders created an institution that is genuinely--it gives me chills to think about the genius of what they did. They created a House of Representatives where every 2 years there is an election, and there is a lot of friction that goes on, and a simple majority passes a bill. Yet they wanted the Senate to be more deliberative. They wanted to force us--and the Presiding Officer personally knows how hard it is--they wanted to force us to have strong conversations with the opposing party to get to a resolution. They really did. They didn't want it to just be simple majority rule; they wanted to make it really difficult. But what I have experienced over the last 14 months, I have to tell you, is decently disappointing, because for me, what I think should unite is, what do the American people really want from us? what is it that they want their leaders to do?”