If you are a Representative and want to be a Senator, you must be careful not to do anything which might upset the various forces you need to harness to get elected.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't want to be a senator.
I believe being a good senator requires two things. Number one, acumen. Number two, interest.
You can't go to Washington as a congressman and a senator and expect to make a difference all at once. You have to earn your way.
I do not take my obligations as a senator lightly.
Most senators are just going to work and trying to do a job.
If you don't want to do your job as a U.S. Senator, then please resign your seat and stop taking taxpayer money for a job you're not doing anymore.
I've come to realize that an unencumbered U.S. senator is a profound threat to the whole system. It's somebody that they can't put in a box and say, 'Oh, well, we know how this guy is going to vote.'
Senators will do what they think they need to do to represent their constituents.
Senators, like everyone else, want to feel a part of this decision-making process. They want to feel included.
I just know that I'm innovative. I'm a quick thinker... In Washington, I just want to be a senator who finds a way to drive change and not figure out a way to conform.
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