Barbara Boxer: “Senator Reid, my leader, I can't tell you how humble I feel to hear you talk about my career and to put it, in many…”

“Senator Reid, my leader, I can't tell you how humble I feel to hear you talk about my career and to put it, in many ways, in a historic place. I am going to have a lot to say about your career, what you have meant to me. Today I won't get into it, but you are a man--you just don't throw words around. I know how humble you are because every time I try to praise you, even in a situation with just a few people around you, you look down like you are doing now. It makes you uncomfortable. I don't want to make you uncomfortable. So here is what I am going to say today. I am going to make you uncomfortable in the near future when I talk about your career and what it has meant to me. But today, hearing you talk about what you just said, weaving our friendship, our work together, and our family friendship has meant a lot to me. Obviously, I am going to miss you, but I will say this. As we enter into uncharted territories in terms of politics, I know you and I are not going to lose our voices. We will have a platform. We are not leaving because we are tired of the fight. We are not leaving because we have nothing more to say, we are leaving because we think it is time for the next generation.…”