Cord Byrd: “I read from the King James version of the Holy Bible, from the 22nd chapter of Proverbs, the 28th verse: Remove not the…”

“I read from the King James version of the Holy Bible, from the 22nd chapter of Proverbs, the 28th verse: Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. Mr. President, in his second inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln observed that: With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God give us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds. . . . Mr. President, I have always believed that the Senate, by its nature, attracts and probably also creates men and women of the quality and character who are able to step up when faced with crises that threaten the ship of state, to calm the dangerous seas which, from time to time, threaten to dash our Republic against rocky shoals and jagged shores. The Senate proved it to be true again yesterday, when 14 Members-- from both sides of the aisle, Republicans and Democrats; 14 Members--of this revered institution came together to avert the disaster referred to as the ``nuclear option'' or the ``constitutional option''--these men and women of great courage. As William Gladstone said, in referring to the Senate of the United States, the Senate is that remarkable body, the most remarkable of all the inventions of modern politics. I thank all of those Republicans and Democrats who worked together to keep faith with the Framers and the Founding Fathers.…”