Robert Byrd: “The Senate has been the last fortress of minority rights and freedom of speech in this republic for more than two…”

The reconciliation process was designed to facilitate legislation to reduce deficits. Instead, the process has been used to enact multi-trillion-dollar tax cuts that led to record deficits over the last 8 years.

I respectfully exercise my Fifth Amendment right and decline to answer.

I have said that, as long as the Senate retains the power to amend and the power of unlimited debate, the liberties of the people will remain secure.

The use of force authority granted to the President extends only to the perpetrators of the September 11 attack.