I refuse to do anything that would help Republicans win a Senate seat in New York, and give the Senate majority to the Republicans.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I'll never run for the Senate in New York.
I do not take my obligations as a senator lightly.
I will not be responsible for the loss of the Democratic majority in the United States Senate.
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 will not refuse to do something that I can do.
But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to serve in the Senate if I arrive there without permission to do the things I think need to be done.
If Democrats in Washington haven't got enough sense to own the issue of political reform, I give up on them entirely.
I will not vote for - and no senator should vote for - anyone who will not render justice impartially.
I never thought I would end up being the Senator from New York.
Obeying instructions I should never dare to disregard, expressing, also, my own firm conviction, I rise in behalf of the State of New York to propose a nomination with which the country and the Republican party can grandly win.