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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.

If you want a senator who'll partner with the president to do what's best for the nation, I'm your guy.

Every senator needs to stand up and represent their constituents - not big business, not the ACLU, not activist groups, not political interests, but the American interests, the workers' interests.

I am considering running for Senate, as well as other opportunities.

Senators, like everyone else, want to feel a part of this decision-making process. They want to feel included.

It is a great privilege for any man to become a member of the Senate.

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.'

As a senator, I play an important role in crafting foreign policy.

I do not take my obligations as a senator lightly.

Most senators are just going to work and trying to do a job.