On the recordJanuary 19, 2022
I appreciate the comments of the Senator from Oregon. And I want to commend him for principled consistency on this question. He did not sign that letter. In fact, one of the earliest conversations I had with any Democratic Senator in 2015 was with the Senator from Oregon about some of these very questions. He has had these reservations about the cloture rule, about the rights and customs of extended debate. He has not changed his on this position so I commend him. I will point out, he mentioned the nuclear option on the Supreme Court. Of course, that simply followed what the former Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid did in 2013 on the Executive Calendar. I will also point out that that happened in February or March of 2017, if I recall. This letter was written in April of 2017. But if there is no more extended debate on this question--oh, I would invite the Senator from Virginia, through the Chair.
