this treaty is designed to give both sides confidence again in the process of arms control.

ratification of this treaty is going to be important if we are going to get back to that kind of a verification and inspection regime.

the principal result of nonratification would be to throw the whole nuclear negotiating situation into a state of chaos.

I think the data exchanges and the onsite inspections are likely to provide useful information.

New START must be assessed in the context of a robust commitment to maintain the necessary nuclear offensive capabilities required to meet today's threats and those that may emerge.

the treaty reestablishes a legally binding relationship between the two countries in terms of their nuclear arsenals

I think that special appreciation for the impact on consumers is something that she brings that is going to be very important going forward.

I am particularly pleased to have someone who so clearly understands what some of those special challenges are.

It is just a question of getting a calendar where the Majority understands that if it is going to take big pieces of complex public policy to the floor, it is going to have to spend two or three weeks to do it.

I think it is dangerous. I think because you can never anticipate what the Minority needs.

Well, my biggest concern would be that we end up like the House of Representatives.

We are the freest, the most prosperous, the most extraordinary nation in the history of the world.

I agree that there is a problem in the Senate right now.

I believe that it is the Senate because the Senate is where the rights of the people of this nation are protected. Especially Minority rights.

I think you have to reserve as much authority to the Minority to be able to influence its ability to make its case on the floors as possible.

I agree one hundred percent with his opening statement, and think it was an eloquent recitation of the importance of the filibuster and the rules of the Senate in protecting the Minority.

I just do not, I have never seen that as the best way to address how you--visually and politically it might have an effect.

The fact that we basically have a reticence within the Senate to make the tough votes on the floor.