Maggie Hassan Quotes

We must have courage to set partisanship aside and embrace the best ideas and solutions no matter which side of the aisle they come from.

I see good ideas on the Republican side as well as the Democratic side. You have to return civility and statesmanship to governance. If you don't do that, it doesn't matter what portfolio of issue you're pushing, nothing is going to get done.

I think it's very important to get ego out of the room. I think it's important to realize it takes two hands to clap - stop the pointing, stop the blame game. I think we've seen enough of that, I think the country is tired of it. I think they want to see Washington function, they want to see action.

I believe in working together to solve the problems we've got. And we need to get rid of the venom in the political atmosphere in D.C. It's a poisonous atmosphere.

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

Let's end the political games. Stop the finger pointing and do the work the American people sent us here to do.

We want to move forward in a bipartisan fashion to solve our problems.

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.

I think with the right leadership on both sides and the right president, we can get a lot done.

Every one of us in Congress has a responsibility to keep working together and stay focused on what matters.

I will do my part every day to work with my colleagues in a bipartisan fashion to unite us, and not divide us.

For me, running for office is never about trying to destroy an opponent, be it Democratic or Republican. It really ought to be about how can we solve some problems that we're facing.

Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward.

I'm willing to meet with anyone, Democrat or Republican, who has a good idea, an open mind and a willingness to come together to tackle the challenges we face.

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.

For me, I have no political ego in this thing with respect to any other leader and what they might feel is appropriate or necessary in what they're going to try to do... We need everybody on the front lines.

While one party may possess the levers of power, one party does not possess a monopoly on good ideas. Good lawmaking, after all, is about the ability to craft effective solutions.

If ever there was a time for true bipartisanship, it is today.

It's one of the few regrets of my presidency - that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better. There's no doubt a president with the gifts of Lincoln or Roosevelt might have better bridged the divide, and I guarantee I'll keep trying to be better so long as I hold this office.

Folks are really tired of this rabid division between Republicans and Democrats. Folks want people to come together and solve the problems and the challenges of America.

I'm a believer in bipartisanship.

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.

Too often in Washington special interests urge us to fight one another just because we belong to different parties. It is time for this to stop and for Washington to focus on what needs to be done.

Working together during the past three years, we have confounded the skeptics and the cynics. We've shown that here in Virginia, Democrats and Republicans can come together, put politics aside, and make tough decisions when times demand it.

Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning.