Robert Byrd: “I think that as long as we have respect for the institution and for the Minority to be heard, that this will bring…”

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.

The Framers recognized that a minority can be right and that a majority can be wrong.

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.