Charlie Baker Quotes

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

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

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.

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.

After some of the most contentious years in state government, I've made it clear that I will, and can, work with anyone to get things done.

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.

The challenges our state faces must be met with the best solutions and ideas we can muster - and good ideas and good people reside on both sides of the aisle.

What Lincoln did is he gathered people around him the way that I believe President Obama is doing by calling Republicans, talking to them, trying to work with them. And when that happens, big things get solved.

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.

We simply must look beyond partisan goals and find common ground as Americans. It is imperative that the Members of Congress recognize that partisanship will not serve the American people.

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.

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

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 am conservative, there's no doubt about it. But you can be conservative and still work with people, and that's what my intentions are.

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.

Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning.

Bipartisanship is “the oil of national government.”

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

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

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.

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

Republicans - well, we're all part of the same family. We need to have some good disagreements with each other; we need to debate, but in the end, it's all about uniting, not dividing.