Robert Byrd: “The right to filibuster anchors this necessary fence. But it is not a right intended to be abused.”

Senator Robert Byrd, the expert extraordinary on the Senate, spent weeks on end trying to figure out a way that you could assure the passage of bills that pertained to the budget and not destroy the filibuster rule.

I believe that efforts to change or reinterpreted the rules in order to facilitate expeditious action by a simple majority are grossly misguided. The Senate is the only place in government where the rights of a numerical minority are so…

makes the majority leader and the majority party the subject of the minority, subject to the control and the will of the minority.

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