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I've had a growing conviction that Congress is not operating as it should. There is much too much partisanship and not enough progress.

From Evan Bayh

Between being governor and part of the Senate, one of the things I did was I held a chair at the business school at my alma mater, Indiana University. And I'd go to lecture the graduates, and I loved that, answering their questions. It was real; it was tangible, and it was making a difference every day.

From Evan Bayh

Sometimes, it takes leaving to gain some perspective. I see that clearly every time I leave Washington, D.C., and return to Indiana. I see the bizarre bubble that seems to enclose the Beltway and makes people forget what regular people care about.

From Evan Bayh

No one ever built the filibuster rule. It just kind of was created.

From Evan Bayh

My father was on the Judiciary Committee all 18 years. He had a good personal relationship with Jim Eastland. They probably didn't agree on practically anything, or very little, from a public policy standpoint. But they were willing to work through that to see what they could get done just because they knew each other and liked each other.

From Evan Bayh

China's island-building in the South China Sea poses a threat to U.S. national security interests in the region.

From Evan Bayh

Companies that are publicly held have a fiduciary duty to their shareholders to try to maximize their profits within ethical reasons.

From Evan Bayh

We know that a college degree is rapidly becoming the price of admission to the global economy.

From Evan Bayh

Many good people serve in Congress. They are patriotic, hard-working, and devoted to the public good as they see it, but the institutional and cultural impediments to change frustrate the intentions of these well-meaning people as rarely before.

From Evan Bayh

The United States depends on South Korea and Japan to help promote American values in East Asia.

From Evan Bayh

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