"What are our obligations to the country and to the people we represent? It's the coming up with effective solutions, sitting down and working with the issues. Sitting around table and sorting through the differences. You can never solve a problem without talking to people with whom you disagree. The United States Senate is predicated and based on consensus building. That was certainly the vision of the founding fathers. And if we abandon that approach, then we do it at the expense of the country and the issues that we need to address to put us back on track."
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As quoted in "Andrea Mitchell's exclusive interview with Sen. Olympia Snowe" by Weesie Vieira (29 February 2012).
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Olympia Jean Snowe (née Bouchles; born 21 February 1947) is an American politician and former United States Senator from Maine and a member of the Republican Party. In 2006, she was named one of America's Best Senators by TIME magazine.
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