Kay Bailey Hutchison: “I want to clarify a point because the Senator from New York tried to equate a filibuster with a hold. I was hoping the…”

“I want to clarify a point because the Senator from New York tried to equate a filibuster with a hold. I was hoping the Senator from Alabama would show the difference between a hold and a filibuster. If we start calling a hold a filibuster, then we have really changed the rules around here because holds are used for a variety of purposes. They are used for negotiation, and they may or may not lead to a filibuster, and usually they don't. To say that someone put a hold on someone and then there was an effort through extended debate to get those holds taken off is a filibuster is a misreading of the rules; would the Senator agree?”