I think there is a difference between national and Federal. National to me means States getting together, doing things.
I always thought the cure for that, though, was just to establish a rating system and say, like you do in football, there is Division 1, 2, ...
I compliment the work that the States have done so far, and I am watching it cautiously.
I say this with due respect to Senator Lamar Alexander.
To avoid political correctness or the feeling of one part of the country having a view imposed on it.
Federal means Washington meddling in that.
Forty-one Republicans have signed a letter saying, you know, we might filibuster this if you do not let us have some participation in making...
If we change things, as the Senator from New Mexico would propose, we would have two Houses of Representatives operated by a majority vote.
So there was no Senator holding up those 64. It was the White House, and we do know who did that.
I would, but I will be glad, could I do it after they make their statements.
Keep your mouth shut. You have no cards.
Lyndon Johnson I think wanted to avoid that in an even more controversial set of legislations.
Now, it seems to me listening to what is being proposed here is to make the Senate permanently like it has been the last 18 months where the...
Senator Byrd indicated in his testimony earlier this year that he thought that while there were abuses of the current rules, that the Senate...
The Majority Leader can bring up a motion. No motion to bring up an executive nomination requires 60 votes; it just requires 51.
I have supported abolishing secret holds and will again and was one of ten Senators to write the conferees in 2006 in saying do what we vote...
We want everybody in our country to have healthcare and access to good quality care.
Well, thank all of you for your testimony. I look forward to pursuing this further.
