I hope we can move this bill along quicker. There are lots of amendments. I think the Senator has already talked to the Appropriations Committee, and we would agree to getting a list of who wants to offer amendments so we have a finite number. We are doing what we can.
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The filibuster is nondemocratic. It has been used to the disarray of the Congress. And, certainly, it hasn’t been anything that has helped -- been helpful to the American people. It’s got to go.
The Senate is a place to kill things. It isn’t a place that you look to get things done.
There’s no state in the union that needs more help than West Virginia. And, in my opinion, Joe Manchin is hurting his own state. The state of West Virginia would benefit so greatly with infrastructure. It’s the poorest state in the union…
if some rule of the Senate stands in the way of getting that, making sure that every American has the right to vote and the vote counted, then we got to change that rule.
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