I do not think in terms of partisanship that this is any worse than--let me just go back to the days that I first started, intense partisanship.

The filibuster is the essence of the Senate. It is not a tool of obstructionism or dysfunction.

There is a temptation, I think, on the part of some members in this chamber to make the Senate more like the House.

if it could not, we would be in a hell of a shape.

I think it is very important to pass legislation. I think that is probably why we are created, the House, the Senate.

Shame on the Chairman.

I am an obstructionist.

I would kick them out. The only hold I have ever put on anybody is the Secretary of the Army.

there are two kinds of members within your majority. We have those who listen and work with the minority and those who do not believe we are fully-fledged partners in this House.

This is the fifth hearing this Committee has held on the filibuster and I think, as you indicated, we are going to have a sixth hearing.

If I put a hold on somebody, I want the world to know what I am fighting for, and I also want my constituents to know what my logic is.

we either had to hang together or hang separately.