Bob Bennett: “This is an incredible mess. We're talking about taking money from people in an effort to cure the planet.”

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

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.

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.

But just because you have the right to do it does not mean it is the right thing to do.