Political Quotes

“I do not think this is the end of the rules debate. I think that is why we have a full-time Rules Committee to take a look at this. I hope these new Senators who are listening to us today... that they look at our rules and offer suggestions and that we still continue this discussion in the Rules Committee. I thank all of the leaders who came down here today and talked. Senator Reid and Senator McConnell have announced an agreement. We are moving forward with reforms. Senator Schumer has been a real champion on rules reform. I remember going to him and asking for hearings, and he said: Well, what kinds of hearings are we looking at? What do we want to do? And I explained to him, went through--we need to talk about the history of the filibuster. You know, the filibuster was not in the original Senate.”