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Harry Reid: I can remember when I was in the House of Representatives, the legendary Mo Udall came to a meeting. He was chairman of…

On the recordJanuary 14, 2003
I can remember when I was in the House of Representatives, the legendary Mo Udall came to a meeting. He was chairman of the Franking Commission. There was a big dispute as to a franking issue. Members of the House paraded in and it went on for a long period of time. Mo Udall, in only the way he could do it, kind of--how would you describe how he walked? It was kind of a saunter-- sauntered in and took his place as chairman of this committee. He said: Everything has been said, but not everybody has said it. So he proceeded to say the same thing that everybody else had said. I have been here for 2 days and the same thing has been said over and over again by the majority, the Republicans, and the same thing has been said over and over again by the minority, the Democrats. But as Mo Udall would say, it hasn't been said today as many times as perhaps it should. I repeat, what the minority wants is to be treated exactly as we treated the minority during the last Congress.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the importance of minority rights in Congress.

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