Robert Byrd: “It is to force there to be a group of senators on either side who have to respect one another's views so that they work…”

Massey mines were cited for 31,000 violations. This means that, on the average during that 10 year period, a miner was seriously injured every other day.

Never, in my view, had America been led by such a dangerous head of state.

I have proposed a variety of improvements to Senate Rules to achieve a more sensible balance allowing the majority to function while still protecting minority rights.

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