Bipartisan Efforts Quotes

Tom Daschle and I worked together on Families First every step of the way, making sure that Democrats in both the House and Senate were involved in putting the agenda together.

Hollywood is a very liberal community. There are a lot of guys that are also conservative that are frightened or fearful of being able to come out. And there's also the alternative. I'm one of the few conservatives that are involved with the Creative Coalition. It's trying to propagate the arts in schools and education, and a lot of things I believe in. It's a bipartisan thing, but when there is this strong partisanship... The other thing is, I'm pro-life, that's absolute, but I'm for live and let live. I'm an entertainer, I don't believe in stopping anyone's freedoms of lifestyle.

You can point fingers on both sides. But only one side ever tried to fix the problem, and that is the Republican side.

I believe we [americans] are strongest as a nation, when the president and Congress work together.

I've thought about it, not a lot, but I thought my relationship with Congress - the Democrats and Republicans - would help me get some things done. Not everything, but at least they'd be willing to try.

Virginians want you to work across the aisle.

When Kansas and Missouri work together, we can accomplish a lot - and also set an example at a time of extreme partisanship.

There's bipartisan efforts to change how FEMA works or, more importantly, change how relief funding trickles down to us down here.

I think that people have to reward those individuals who are prepared to work across the political aisle. I don't see any other way; if you don't talk to people with whom you disagree, you're never going to solve problems.

We will face the challenges head on. We will work with both parties, across the aisle, to make our state better.