Trent Lott: “Who is opposed to this legislation? What is the reason for opposing it? I cannot understand it.”

Would you at the very least sit down with him and listen to him?

We do not filibuster judges. And if we were to do that, we would change the culture of this place.

I wish to make some opening comments about what happened here and make a plea to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, but particularly my own side of the aisle, that we not object to going to consideration of Amtrak legislation. I…

Quit campaigning, quit having press conferences, sit down at a round table and negotiate a deal.