Cord Byrd: “I daresay that half of the Senators do not know what morning business is. They do not know the difference between the…”

“I daresay that half of the Senators do not know what morning business is. They do not know the difference between the morning hour and morning business. I do not mean to cast aspersions on them. But I hear a lot of Senators talking about how we should change the rules. They do not know the rules. They do not know the rules. They think morning business is a period when there is a period for speeches. Morning business is not a period for speeches. Under rules VII and VIII, speeches are not to be made in morning business. Morning business is a period for the offering of petitions and memorials and bills and resolutions and so forth, but no speeches. A lot of Senators think, well, morning business. I would imagine if they went out to a high school or a college and answered some questions on the Senate rules, they would talk about morning business, that is the time you make speeches. Morning business is not a time for speeches.”