Senator Roger Marshall

We have to do the birdbath.

And it'll take days arguing this in front of the parliamentarian.

Yeah, so Vince, I agree with you, but it wasn't without months of thought about it.

I thought about this as much as I thought about what college I was gonna go to, what medical school I was gonna go to, what type of doctor I was gonna be after I finished medical school.

And it's been a process for me, but I'm ready to do it.

I come to that same conclusion.

But I would guess, I think there's only 10 or 12 of us on public record saying we're ready to end the filibuster.

I bet there's a third of the Senate that's a hell no, Republican senators, and probably a third that are undecided.

And these are thoughtful people, Vince.

However much time, I mean, with all due respect that you've spent on this, you at United States Senators have spent 10x time debating this.

And we have debated it many times that, again, the filibuster protects you when you're in the minority.

And we're not going to be in the majority all the time.

And the Senate itself protects small states.

Again, we're a republic and not a democracy.

And so I guess what I'm saying is I respect where they're coming from.

But I think that election integrity is so important that I'm willing to end the filibuster, especially the silent filibuster.

Make them go up and hold the floor and talk as long as they want to.

So I'm very willing to do that.

But again, a third of my Republican colleagues are not.

And these are thoughtful people.