Robert Byrd: “The Framers recognized that a minority can be right and that a majority can be wrong.”

Let us also hope that this hearing will provide information on the Government and company officials who should be held accountable.

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.

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

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