Harry Reid: “I say to all my colleagues, the Presiding Officer served in the Senate for 36 years. During that time he was here, he…”

“I say to all my colleagues, the Presiding Officer served in the Senate for 36 years. During that time he was here, he was about as much a man of the Senate as anyone could be. He was a Democrat, but he was also available to anybody anytime, and I so admire him. I know that he has worked very closely with the Republican leader on some very important issues the last 8 years. I want the record to be spread with the fact that the Presiding Officer is as proud of his family as anyone could be, and doing this for Beau only furthers the effect that this man, the Presiding Officer, has had on this country. I am grateful to the Republican leader for allowing me to cosponsor this important amendment, changing the name of this bill to the Beau Biden Memorial Moonshot. I am grateful to you, the Republican leader. All of the Senators understand that the man presiding is really a man of the Senate and always will be. (Applause.) ____________________”