Senator John Kennedy

No, I can't speak for the House.

Look, Ben, I don't hate anybody.

I look for grace wherever I can find it.

Now, I know all 100 of my colleagues well.

We're together often.

I like them all.

Some I like better than others.

But I have many friends who are on the Democratic side of the aisle.

The Senate is...

How can I put this charitably?

The Senate is more hospitable and charitable to each other than other legislative branches.

We have some sharp disagreements, but nobody tries to throw anybody off of a committee.

We don't get personal on the floor of the Senate.

In fact, we have a rule against it.

You can disagree vociferously without being a total a-hole about it.

And I think that's the way most senators operate.

Things get a little tense sometimes when you're there at 2 o'clock in the morning and somebody offers an amendment that you know doesn't have a chance to pass.

There's some grumbling, but there's generally people say, okay, it's a free country.

Do what you got to do, but let's try to get along.

And I'm proud of that.