Barbara Mikulski Quotes

The Republicans are coming - make nice.

Sometimes the Senate really does rise above politics. It’s rare, but sometimes it happens.

Moderation and bipartisan consensus go hand in hand.

I wasn't looking for a hobby. If I were looking for a hobby, it wouldn't be the United States Senate. That's one of the toughest jobs I'd probably ever do. I just felt there wasn't enough compromise going on: People were too far to the left, too far to the right, with no one trying to build a compromise.

I'm a strong believer in bipartisanship.

I strongly believe that crossing the aisle for the good of the American people is more important than party politics.

You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.

When you have a Senate that is 50 Democrats and 49 Republicans and one independent, it's quite obvious that the only way we are going to get something done is if we work together.

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

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 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 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.

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

Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.

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 sure tried to help deliver compromise, consensus, bipartisanship.

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.

I don't doubt the sincerity of my Democratic friends. And they should not doubt ours.

Necessity is the mother of bipartisanship.

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.

Bipartisanship is “the oil of national government.”

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

Bipartisanship means you work together to work it out.