Mark Pryor Quotes

My definition of bipartisanship is Democrats agreeing with Republicans

I'm a strong believer in bipartisanship.

I think people forget that bipartisanship is really the burden of the victor, not the loser.

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

I am a Republican who is prepared to compromise—and contrary to the current misconceptions, compromise is not a capitulation of one’s principles

When Senator McCain reaches across the aisle to find Democrats to support efforts to make America stronger, he finds plenty of us standing, willing to help him and many other Republican leaders.

I'd like to see that bipartisanship come back that we used to have in the House of Representatives, in the Clinton years. I think there's a possibility that the voters are going to send the message that everybody running - Congress, the Senate, the presidency - that they want us to come together.

I have a mindset that says bipartisanship ought to consist of Democrats coming to the Republican point of view.

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

This is good government. We have divided government. To make divided government work you can’t ask each other to compromise core principles…. We ask each other to find common ground for the common good.

If politicians of both parties would spend more time legislating and less time attacking each other, we would all be better off.

The idea that two political parties can't come together to get a mission done is foreign to me - and unacceptable.

I've always worked on bipartisans, whether it's on healthcare, drug reform, et cetera. All my work is bipartisan, because what I'm - as nonpartisan actually, because I look for solutions. I'm very practical.

When I was elected governor of my state, I had a legislature 87 percent Democrat. It was not lost on me that to get anything done, I couldn't be attacking them. I had to find ways to reach out to them.

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'm a believer in bipartisanship.

Frankly, if independents and Democrats want to work with us on conservative ideas, I can do that better at Heritage than as a partisan inside.

One of the main reasons America should re-elect President Obama is that he is still committed to cooperation. He appointed Republican Secretaries of Defense, the Army and Transportation. He appointed a Vice President who ran against him in 2008.

Bipartisanship is “the oil of national government.”

Bipartisanship means you work together to work it out.

Has Washington become so dysfunctional that even when we all agree on something, we can’t get it done?

Our country must be strong enough to solve problems, and that means we must learn how to work together again.

I prefer a simple bill which deals with a single basic issue. When you add new provisions to a bill you develop a larger coalition of opposition. Each new provision brings in more opponents who combine with the existing opponents until you no longer can pass the law.

When you hang the 'bipartisan' tag on something, the perception is that differences have been worked out, and there's a broad agreement that that's the way forward.

When we do our legislation, we're not trying to figure out, 'How can I use this to run against you?' We say, 'How can we pass this bill to help both of our constituents?'