The Honorable Speaker of the House:

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https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/11722-1

" The problem is the filibuster. How can we allow a custom of the Senate stand in the way of the Constitution of the United States?

We have to – I say to our colleagues, whom I respect there: weigh the equities. Is it more important to honor the work of Dr. King, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, all the people that Dr. King shares residence with on the Mall? Or, is it more important to honor a custom? What a custom.

I said that the Constitution, rather than the custom, should reign. The Constitution says: simple majority, unless you are ratifying a treaty, you are convicting someone who was impeached or you are ratifying the Constitution. Otherwise, it's a simple majority. Why else would they have the Senate – the President of the Senate – the Vice President of the United States, breaking a 50-50 tie, if that were not fraught with meaning? "

" How can we allow a custom of the Senate stand in the way of the Constitution..."

...yes, how can we...