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Harry Reid
@harryreid· Democratic · NV· May 22, 2013

Mr. President, I rise to honor Adam Scott, a former member of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas golf team, and the first Australian to win the Masters Tournament. Through his determination and will to win, Adam was able to come back from…

Congressional Record · 2013-05-22
Harry Reid
@harryreid· Democratic · NV· May 22, 2013

Senator Leahy said yesterday: A recent report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service compares the whole of President Obama's first term to the whole of President Bush's first term, and the contrast could not be more clear. The…

Congressional Record · 2013-05-22
Harry Reid
@harryreid· Democratic · NV· May 22, 2013

Mr. President, everyone knows that numbers--we can show anything we want with numbers. The fact is there has been slow-walking done on the President's nominations, and we can look at how they do that. It has been interesting. It is a new…

Congressional Record · 2013-05-22
Harry Reid
@harryreid· Democratic · NV· May 22, 2013

We have to work together here, but it is mutual work, it is not all on one side. It is not my word versus somebody else's word. In 2005, we had a knockdown, drag-out battle here. My friend the Republican leader, along with others, gave…

Congressional Record · 2013-05-22
Harry Reid
@harryreid· Democratic · NV· May 22, 2013

Mr. President, this good man, Sri Srinivasan, was first nominated in June of 2012. He is a brilliant man. He is an honors graduate from Stanford Law School. Justice Roberts left that court in 2005. We have been trying to fill spots on that…

Congressional Record · 2013-05-22
Harry Reid
@harryreid· Democratic · NV· May 22, 2013

Mr. President, last night the Senate Judiciary Committee, after some 24 hearings and several weeks of markup, advanced a commonsense, bipartisan proposal to fix our broken immigration system. No one can dispute that it is broken. No one…

Congressional Record · 2013-05-22
Harry Reid
@harryreid· Democratic · NV· May 22, 2013

I object to any further proceedings to all three of these bills at this time. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard. The bills will be placed on the calendar under rule XIV. ____________________

Congressional Record · 2013-05-22
Harry Reid
@harryreid· Democratic · NV· May 22, 2013

Mr. President, there are three bills at the desk due for a second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the bills by title for the second time. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1003) to…

Congressional Record · 2013-05-22
Harry Reid
@harryreid· Democratic · NV· May 22, 2013

Mr. President, following leader remarks the Senate will be in a period of morning business for 1 hour. Republicans will control the first half, and the majority will control the final half. Following morning business the Senate will resume…

Congressional Record · 2013-05-22
Harry Reid
@harryreid· Democratic · NV· May 22, 2013

Mr. President, in school we studied a lot of things. But one of the things I cannot forget is George Orwell's ``1984.'' It was an interesting book because in that book he talked about people coming to a time when whatever they said was…

Congressional Record · 2013-05-22
Harry Reid
@harryreid· Democratic · NV· May 22, 2013

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to this matter be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

Congressional Record · 2013-05-22
Harry Reid
@harryreid· Democratic · NV· May 22, 2013

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of H.R. 258, which was received from the House. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as…

Congressional Record · 2013-05-22
Harry Reid
@harryreid· Democratic · NV· May 22, 2013

Mr. President, the only thing I would say is, what about the judge from Wyoming? Why don't we do that today? Could there be a more Republican State in the country than Wyoming? Maybe. I do not know. Maybe Idaho is vying for No. 1. But I am…

Congressional Record · 2013-05-22
Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· May 22, 2013

Our legislature has voted not to renew its license, wants to shut it down.

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· May 22, 2013

Very few people understand that if, God forbid, there is a major nuclear disaster in this Country, you know who picks up the bill? It will be the taxpayers of this Country.

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· May 22, 2013

I congratulate President Obama for the fine nomination, and I look forward to being of assistance as I can.

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