I amend my request to ask unanimous consent that the Senator from Texas be recognized for 15 minutes and the Senator from Vermont be recognized for 15 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Texas. Nomination of Priscilla Owen
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The filibuster is going away. It is nothing that helps the country. It doesn’t help states. It doesn’t help individuals. It is on its way out. It’s a question of when it goes.
Get rid of the filibuster. It’s nothing. As Barack Obama said at John Lewis’ funeral, it’s part of the leftovers from the days of slave owners. You have got to get rid of it. It’s very bad.
Never in the history of the country, never in the history of the country have we produced more for a president and somebody that’s led his party than we’ve done together.
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