I think corporations are a whole lot different than people. I mean, I don't know a corporation would be put in prison. I do know people would be put in prison.
As a policymaker, as a public servant, I come to Washington, D.C., and I make difficult decisions and I make difficult decisions every day. And sometimes those decisions upset people.
Building houses and mansion ranching is not ranching.
It brings me back to reality. The combine doesn't care if you're a senator or not. It breaks down whenever it wants to break down.
I think there is some real therapy in getting your hands in the dirt and working with food.
I think difference of opinion is a good thing.
I think there's plenty of folks out there, whether they agree with me or not, they appreciate the fact that you're listening to them. And I think that's how you win.
I have probably never voted for a straight ticket in my life, and I am a Democratic U.S. senator.
The truth is that nobody agrees with anybody 100 percent of the time.
If I was the leader of the House of Representatives, the first thing I would do is I would put in a very clean bill on reapportionment. And I would put a very clean bill in that says that corporations are not people.
If people really want to sit down and visit and talk about things like health care, which is a very, very important issue in Montana, I think oftentimes you want to get to the same goal. And that is affordable health care costs.
I go everywhere in the state and I listen to Montanans, whether it's in conservative areas or liberal areas, and take those ideas back to Washington, D.C., and put them into action.
I think all politicians have gotten out of touch.
I don't believe in models that say you just knock on this door, you just go to this community, and you'll get elected. I think you go everywhere, and you listen to everybody. Everybody's got ideas.
I've got my problems with Trump, but I'm going to give him every opportunity to succeed.
This is going to sound really crude, but I lost my fingers in a meat grinder.
I look forward to working with President Trump. I've worked with him many times in the past, but we disagree.
If I made decisions around here based on the election, I wouldn't be a very good senator.
Donald Trump was straight up. I mean, he told me what he thought of me, and that's cool. I might not like it, but at least he did it to my face. That's what Montanans like. They like people to be square with them.
I would love to tell you this country is on the cusp of coming together, but it isn't. But I can tell you that we need to work together in this country. We need to hold people accountable for their actions, and that will be done. And we need to move forward in a way that we have the strongest middle class ever.
