While romanticizing the Senate of yore would be a mistake, it was certainly better in my father's time.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It was important for us to be as supportive as our candidates and as our incumbent senators would have us be.
My father-in-law was once Chairman of Military Affairs in the Senate, the latter part of the Wilson Administrations. He knew a lot about and was fond of the Army.
My dad wasn't the best speaker like a Bill Clinton, or a Henry Kissinger, but he had character.
I loved being in the Senate. That was a wonderful experience.
I think my father thought I might be president of the United States. I think he would've been satisfied with secretary of state. I'm a foreign policy person, and to have a chance to serve my country as the nation's chief diplomat at a time of peril and consequence, that was enough.
Reform is not for the short-winded. I'm committed to making sure the Senate is more than just a graveyard for good ideas.
I love my dad. It's fair to say that I probably would not have thought of politics had I not seen my mom and dad involved in politics.
The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour.
My father had lifelong contempt for politicians.
Orrin Hatch is old enough to be my father, and I don't want my father running the United States Senate Finance Committee.