Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 28, 1999
I ask the Senator, is he aware that instead of their scheme of the week, they have now done two schemes this week? So maybe next week they will use one of the old ones. Is the Senator aware that one of the latest schemes is to withhold money from the National Institutes of Health for 11 months of the fiscal year so all the money comes in the 12th month? It helps their bookkeeping. Is the Senator aware of this scheme they are floating around here?
Said by
Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Discussing budgetary tactics related to funding for the National Institutes of Health.

Share

More from Harry Reid

May 4, 2021

Well, I think Joe Biden has done what needs to be done in this country. We are so far behind and roads, bridges, dams, water systems, sewer systems. And every dollar we spend on getting infrastructure is a correction toward cleaner America.

msnbc.com
Dec 28, 2021

But the purpose of politics that Harry Reid understood very well is to get stuff done.

msnbc.com
Dec 9, 2016

our Nation and the world lost a historic figure yesterday, a legend, John Glenn. As a relatively new Senator, I had the good fortune to take a trip with him. He led the trip with Ted Stevens of Alaska. It was a wonderful trip. We were in…

govinfo.gov
Mar 7, 2017

real value . . . not in producing or selling the [set-top] box but in the data that the box will collect.

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation