Bob Bennett: “The bridge to the promised land is built out of fossil fuels.”

I do not dispute in any way, Mr. Chairman, the numbers that you have cited, but I do not want to leave the impression that all of the obstruction that has come as a result of the use of holds has come from the Minority side.

I think they are basically irrelevant.

It may very well be that the solution to the problems that we talk about as a dysfunctional Senate lies somewhere other than amending the filibuster rule.

I think the outcry would be very, very strong. There is a huge conflict of interest here, and such an individual should not be included.