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In the fourth of a series of hearings in the Senate Rules Committee, today we heard from my colleagues, Sens. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) about proposals for fixing Senate rules. Their proposals included a lot of good ideas that I believe would go a long way to making the Senate work for the American people again.

A trend you see in these proposals is that they're not limited to just reforming the filibuster. The filibuster is a symptom of a larger issue. And that issue is a system of rules in a Senate where dysfunction reigns and accountability suffers.

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