Tom Carper: “First, let me thank Senator Flake for a very thoughtful statement. It reminds me a little bit of what Senator Reid has…”

“First, let me thank Senator Flake for a very thoughtful statement. It reminds me a little bit of what Senator Reid has been asking for by unanimous consent for a week or two; that is, to actually forgo cloture votes and that sort of thing. Let's just go to a final vote, but we want a 60-vote threshold. I think the expectation has been for months that there would be a 60-vote threshold. If the Senator from Arizona is comfortable with forgoing all of this parliamentary procedure and to going to an up-or-down vote with a 60- vote threshold, I think that is the way to do it. That is the way we ought to do this. I applaud the Senator for what he said.”