Kent Conrad: “It should sober us up to understand that if we don't show some restraint and self-discipline, we face 50 hours of…”

“It should sober us up to understand that if we don't show some restraint and self-discipline, we face 50 hours of straight voting. That is the harsh reality of what confronts us tonight--50 straight hours of voting every 10 minutes. That is not a good process. It is not credible. And it can't be allowed to happen. We have to simply say to Members that they cannot expect to have each and every one of these amendments voted on. We will join in resisting amendments that are not practical, that are not fiscally responsible, and others that are just sense-of-the-Senate amendments. We hope that message goes out very clearly. We ask leaders, if they could, to rivet that point to our colleagues.”