Lamar Alexander actually said...

"Senator Byrd indicated in his testimony earlier this year that he thought that while there were abuses of the current rules, that the Senate could work under the current rules if the Leaders would jus..."

"I have supported abolishing secret holds and will again and was one of ten Senators to write the conferees in 2006 in saying do what we voted to do."

"If we change things, as the Senator from New Mexico would propose, we would have two Houses of Representatives operated by a majority vote."

"Lyndon Johnson I think wanted to avoid that in an even more controversial set of legislations."