Bob Bennett: “These are the counties with the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line.”

I wish this were a college seminar where we could get more deeply into all of the issues that you raise.

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.

The more dependent we become on imported oil, the more difficult many of our challenges are.

So I think the rule change that said it is a constitutional supermajority of all the Senators duly sworn is a step in the level of accountability for one's position with respect to a piece of legislation.