Pete Buttigieg Quotes

The name 'Republican' in some ways has been hijacked by obstructionists.

While 2013 will not see a major national election, we can be sure that most Republicans will obstruct and some Democrats will appease.

I think that what is truly unfortunate is when an entire party makes a decision that they're going to block every single thing that a president wants to accomplish. It's very - it's very hard to get anything done in those circumstances.

Democrats are nothing more than obstructionists. That's all they can do. That's all they seem to be good at.

Senate Republicans have engaged in a record number of filibusters and other obstructionist tactics.

It seems as though there are Members in this body who want to filibuster just about everything we try to do, whether it is stopping judicial nominations, the Energy bill, or this Medicare bill.

There are a lot of politicians who are just obstructionists.

People will pay a price for putting political obstruction over progress in a time that is so critical and urgent.

My viewpoint is the Senate is dysfunctional.

There are amendments never offered, there are bills never heard, that are basically killed because of the process.

The Republican senators are filibustering themselves out of their seats.

The biggest downside [for the President] of having the other party control a branch of the Congress is its ability to use investigations and subpoenas as anvils.

For nearly three years, President Obama devoted a great deal of effort to finding compromises with Congressional Republicans. That was futile, in my view, since those Republicans had made it clear from the day he was inaugurated in 2009 that their plan was to oppose everything he wanted and then paint him as a failed president.

There's a lot of good, bipartisan legislation that passes in committee and then gets bottled up. As a businessman, it surprised me.

It's very unfortunate to see the amount of obstruction the Democrats have put forward. There has not been a point since the beginning of President Trump's term that they have said, 'Let's come to the table. Let's work with you.' Even when they see their own constituents suffering because of their failing healthcare.

There are occasions when obstruction in Parliament brings greater benefits to the country.

On all vital measures, measures necessary to protect you, the Democrats in Washington follow a simple philosophy: Just say no.

The Democrats are obstructionists. And you know what that's hurting? It's hurting America.

What has the filibuster become? The filibuster has become a tool for slowing everything down…a tool by which one senator who announces that his object is to impose gridlock on the Senate, can do so.

The minority in the Senate has the power to prevent the majority from acting.

The Senate should not be a graveyard for good ideas.

Now it’s just sharp elbows, and instead of having a caucus where you sit down and say, ‘What are you doing for your country?’ you sit figuring out how to screw the other side.

The Senate can’t agree to cross the street.

Reaching consensus has gotten harder. Today, a minority if the minority plays hostage politics. It’s all or nothing politics at its worst.

The polarization of American politics is the proximate cause of the ongoing budget deficit…. Lately, the ideological center in Congress has thinned, and the distance between the parties has widened. Compromise has come to be seen as surrender—and the U. S. Government has all but come to a halt.