Well, I probably, I guess first became aware of the whole, what I call the nuclear complex or weapons work those kinds of things, right out of law school.

I mean, if you go back to 1960 on major pieces of legislation, the filibuster was used about eight percent of the time.

Man is now in charge of the thermostat for the globe.

It used to be in the Senate that if you were filibustering, you stood up, there was a physical dimension to it, that you when you became exhausted, you'd have to leave the floor. That was the idea of the filibuster.

With existing technology, we can enforce airport security without sacrificing our personal privacy.

Well the appeals happening because we believe the certification process uh, hasn't worked out the way it should, that there hasn't been substantial evidence to support their certification.

I have served in the Congress during two wars and I have seen the impacts on our military, on their families and on our national deficit.