Heidi Alexander said "I wish to go back to the point Senator Byrd made. He said in his address to new Senators in 1996: [A]s long as the Senate retains the power to amend and the power of unlimited debate, the liberties of the people will remain secure. What we are talking about here is not the importance so much of the voice of the Senator from Kansas or the voice of the Senator from New Hampshire but the voices of the American people. And they are being suppressed. The Senator from Kansas has seen Congress for a long time. What do we need to do to take the Senate back to the Senate that it should be?" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 21, 2010

I wish to go back to the point Senator Byrd made. He said in his address to new Senators in 1996: [A]s long as the Senate retains the power to amend and the power of unlimited debate, the liberties of the people will remain secure. What we are talking about here is not the importance so much of the voice of the Senator from Kansas or the voice of the Senator from New Hampshire but the voices of the American people. And they are being suppressed. The Senator from Kansas has seen Congress for a long time. What do we need to do to take the Senate back to the Senate that it should be?

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Heidi Alexander

Labour Party

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govinfo.gov

Sep 21, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker addresses the importance of Senate debate and the suppression of American voices.

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