Jim Clyburn

You all can hang on to your filibuster for other things, but not for voting rights.

There`s plenty of time.

It would be a shame for us to go through all of these massive nations and not pass the John R. Lewis Voter Registration and Education Act.

Voting is very, very important to us.

I think we ought to be serious about this.

I would hope that with everything else, we would do that.

It wouldn`t be a shame for us to inherit such good, long work that`s gone into building this country into what it is today, to allow ourselves to seat into an autocracy.

To me, voting is the top priority whenever we`re talking about politics.

We`ll see when the time comes.

I think I am making progress.

I do not agree with it.

If you could make exceptions for nominees and reconciliation, you can make exceptions for legislation to protect fundamental constitutional rights.

I am hopeful that I can convince him that we ought to treat constitutional issues the same way we treat budget issues.

The filibuster is not in the Constitution. It`s not a law. It`s a tradition.

Well, as you just mentioned, I said when I made my statement that you don`t have to get in front of a microphone in order to do the kind of negotiations, to make a kind of endorsement that need be made.

I don`t care if it does it in a microphone or on a telephone. Just do it.

I wouldn`t dismiss the influence that Clyburn has on this process but that being said, you got to convince skeptical recalcitrant Democrats in the Senate to embrace and endorse this, if you want to get to 50.

We all know that the filibuster is not in the Constitution. It`s not a law. It`s a tradition. And traditions means the past. The filibuster, I think, has its place, but not when it comes to voting and other constitutional issues.

They should go wherever the facts lead. I would not want to see a former president testifying in such a situation as this, but if that`s what it takes to get to the bottom of this.

We here in the Congress were going to do what`s necessary to put that in the dustbin of history.

It is time for them to demand that their elected officials do the things that are necessary to preserve the integrity of this great democracy, because he is at peril.

We need to know why there was an insurrection on January 6. Who was behind it? Who financed it? Exactly what it was all about?

I think we`re at a crossroads on that. I`ve been arguing now for some time that our democracy is at peril.

This is not a partisan issue. The virus is equally dangerous for Democrats and Republicans, and the vaccines are equally safe and effective for Democrats and Republicans.

I am deeply concerned about vaccination rates in our rural communities.