“I apologize for monopolizing the microphone, but I’m the senior senator, so the hell with it.”
– Sen. Pat Roberts during a Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association panel discussion in Wichita Monday that included Sen. Jerry Moran and Reps. Mike Pompeo, Tim Huelskamp and Lynn Jenkins
“The only thing higher than Mt. Everest is our nation’s debt, $15 billion and growing. In terms of feet, that would be pretty high.”
– Sen. Pat Roberts, commenting at the opening of a new Exploration Place exhibit that asks visitors to determine the height of Mt. Everest using GPS technology
“There’s one president I can get along with.”
— Republican Sen. Pat Roberts’ comment after Wichita Rotary Club president Roger Ramseyer introduced him