"The filibuster is not in the Constitution. It`s not a law. It`s a tradition."
"I am hopeful that I can convince him that we ought to treat constitutional issues the same way we treat budget issues."
"If you could make exceptions for nominees and reconciliation, you can make exceptions for legislation to protect fundamental constitutional rights."
"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're here this morning to discuss an issue of broad, bipartisan concern: the critical need to overcome vaccine hesitancy."
"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."
"I think we`re at a crossroads on that. I`ve been arguing now for some time that our democracy 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?"
"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 here in the Congress were going to do what`s necessary to put that in the dustbin of history."
"I think both of them are Republicans. Both of them are conservative Republicans. And both of them are real about what happened on January 6th."