Robert Byrd: “No one has done more for miners in this country than Senator Robert C. Byrd, of West Virginia.”

Senator Robert Byrd, the expert extraordinary on the Senate, spent weeks on end trying to figure out a way that you could assure the passage of bills that pertained to the budget and not destroy the filibuster rule.

The Senate is the proverbial saucer intended to cool the cup of coffee from the House.

I respectfully exercise my Fifth Amendment right and decline to answer.

Bob, I will never know the rules as well as you do. I will make a deal with you. I will not surprise you if you will not surprise me.