Peter Slipper Quotes

I'm a believer in bipartisanship.

Believe it or not, one of the things I try to do around here is try to look for opportunities to work with people across the aisle. I know that's not the common narrative. But the truth is if you want to get anything done, that's an absolute requirement.

I just want to work with legislative council members from across the political spectrum to get things done.

I'm a strong believer in bipartisanship.

The one thing I'm convinced George W. Bush is good at is bipartisanship. It's clearly something he enjoys personally.

But if we can work with people in other parties to get the right answer for the country we'll do that.

I've thought about it, not a lot, but I thought my relationship with Congress - the Democrats and Republicans - would help me get some things done. Not everything, but at least they'd be willing to try.

Periods of cooperation between political parties shouldn't be taken for granted; they are a stunning human achievement.

I have a long, long record of working with Democrats and Republicans alike.

I'm always looking for people on the other side of the aisle for any initiative I'm sponsoring - men and women - to move things forward.

The system requires bipartisanship.

I'm a huge fan of bipartisanship and working together to get things done.

I'll be reaching across the aisle to find opportunities to work with Democrats on the issues that desperately need to be addressed.

In the Senate, where 60 votes are required to do anything important, you have to work with your colleagues on both sides of the aisle.

I'm going to reach out to everybody, Democrat, Republican and independent. I'm going to work with all the people in the district, and whether they're an 'R' or a 'D' doesn't matter.

I hear from everybody, and they say 'Joe, nowhere but in Washington do they think not working together makes sense.' We're not hired to fight.

I have also come to understand Congress' need for a bipartisan as well as a partisan capacity.

In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead.

If you look through history, all of the great work we've done in Congress has been around a table of compromise, when it comes to the most difficult problems.

My policy is I will help any policymaker who asks, whether they be a Republican or a Democrat.

True bipartisanship isn’t talking about it. It’s delivering it.

I will continue to ask the president and his subordinates to work with Congress rather than against it.

If I have learned anything from my time in Congress, it is that the only way we are going to solve the big problems our country faces is by working together.

As politics is not subtraction but addition, those who share views and ideas need to join forces and they have to cooperate with political opponents even after they win an election.

We'll get things done together. Democrats, Republicans, independents, we're going to make progress together when I'm president.