Lamar Alexander actually said...

I highly recommend him to this Committee and urge his speedy confirmation.

I want to make sure that we are smart and not cheap, and that we remember that it is out of our research and development in defense and in t...

I support this legislation. I hope we can bring it out, report it quickly, bring it to the floor.

They created an environment in which we made some real progress in not just changing Senate rules but changing Senate behavior.