Robert J. Bentley Quotes

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

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.

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.

If politicians of both parties would spend more time legislating and less time attacking each other, we would all be better off.

I'll be reaching across the aisle to find opportunities to work with Democrats on the issues that desperately need to be addressed.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Goodness knows, we have horrible problems to face in this Congress. I hope we can face them as colleagues in working unitedly for the people of this country and certainly not indulging in animosity or referring to each other as ''enemies.''

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

To get Congress working again, I'm dedicated to working with anyone who has an open mind, good ideas, and a willingness to work together.

I'm always looking for people on the other side of the aisle for any initiative I'm sponsoring - men and women - to move things forward.

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.

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

I'm a strong believer in bipartisanship.

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.

The one thing I'm convinced George W. Bush is good at is bipartisanship. It's clearly something he enjoys personally.

We are looking for bipartisan solutions not partisan rhetoric.

I believe in working in a bipartisan manner.

I'm a believer in bipartisanship.

Costa Rica believes in building bridges, in looking for solutions to problems, and not clinging to positions.

Bipartisanship means you work together to work it out.

It ought not to be beyond the intelligence of even the most hidebound local politician to see the benefits of imaginative compromise.