We need to come together on this for the good of the Senate and the good of the country.

In order to access on a commercial basis, we have to make sure when we do our transmission development we include Indian tribes.

the Senate will remain a distinctive body and instead the Senate will become much closer to its ideal.

The intent of both of these proposals is to make the Senate more like the Senate and actually require debate about the topic that is being filibustered.

legislative entrenchment has long been recognized as an illegal procedure.

I worry about the Senate as an institution, but then I worry, if the Senate is not working as an institution, then we are not doing the things the American people sent us here to do.

What does a filibuster really accomplish other than delay and, in some cases, defeat of a nomination?

I believe the Constitution provides a solution to this problem.

We should not limit our reform efforts to the filibuster, but look at all the rules.

To me, today's hearing is not about examining the current use of the filibuster, but the abuse of the filibuster.

By a majority vote simply because the Senate operates on the basis that precedents can be established by simple majorities.

I think that is really the key issue here, is how we bring accountability back to the institution.