Well, I come at it from seeing it operate in the Senate for the last five years as a House member. And to me, we have to reform the filibuster. Historically, the filibuster was used rarely and was largely used to block civil rights legislation, anti-lynching legislation. And it was a speaking filibuster. People actually had to go up and fill it. (12:07–12:17)
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