Bob Bennett: “If I can for three seconds be President of the United States, OMB should have ownership of this.”

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.

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.

the majority has chosen to focus on what it believes to be the abuse of the filibuster by the minority, but these hearings have also revealed how the Majority Leader can abuse the rules of the Senate to limit debate and amendment.

We will not only lose the industry, we will lose the skills that go with it.