The rules get abused.

We need to come together on this for the good of the Senate and the good of the country.

I think that the principle you have recognized is an important one, the principle with different presiding officers.

the Senate will remain a distinctive body and instead the Senate will become much closer to its ideal.

Many of my colleagues, as well as constitutional scholars, agree with me that a simple majority of the Senate can end debate and adopt its rules at the beginning of a new Congress.

We should not limit our reform efforts to the filibuster, but look at all the rules.

the threat of filibusters has become an almost daily fact of life in the Senate.

one Congress cannot bind a subsequent Congress.

the filibuster used to be the exception to the rule. In today's Senate, it is becoming a straitjacket.

I think that we need to adjust the rules, not to become the House, but to become a restored, effective Senate with the power to deliberate so we can do our jobs and do them better.

This Congress will go down in history as probably one of the more productive Congresses in generations.

The Senate of each new Congress is not bound by the rules of the previous Senates under Section 5 of Article 1 of the Constitution.

We must consider reforms to the filibuster to ensure it serves its intended purpose.

the filibuster has changed over the years.

It is time again for reform.

I intend to take a thoughtful, thorough approach to this topic.

It is in Supreme Court cases repeated over and over and over again.

One of the main reasons I ran for the Senate is because I saw the world's greatest deliberative body turning into a graveyard of good ideas.