Bob Bennett: “Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting.”

I do not think that that is a violation of anything the founders had in mind, and I do think that is something that a member of the House could never, ever do.

If I was sitting on the board of directors and you were making this pitch to the board of directors as to the direction in which you are going to take the company, I would tell you, you haven't made the sale.

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 do not think that is what the original filibuster rule had in mind, but it has become the norm.