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I think dealing with the U.S. Senate is very different from dealing with the electorate.

Though the views of members of the House and Senate are as divergent as the people we represent, we bear the responsibility to work through our political differences and get things done. That's our job.

We have a lot of thoughtful people in the U.S. Senate.

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

Here's where I'm different from a senator. We pass continuing resolutions. We pass appropriations bills.

When you work in the United States Senate, and you are around people of all different ideas and beliefs, you realize that what our Founding Fathers did that was so genius, is that they made the Senate the place where compromises are supposed to happen because of the makeup of the Senate.

If we are going to do big things in our country, we're going to have to think about better ways working across our differences.

My motivation for running for Senate was not for the stature of being a senator, but because I wanted to make a difference on issues I feel passionate about.

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