Harry Reid: “I would like to add what I hope will be a moment of pleasantness to…”

On the recordJune 22, 2004

I would like to add what I hope will be a moment of pleasantness to what we do here, and that is talk about the Presiding Officer who has the patience of--I don't know if it is a Job at this stage, but a lot of patience because he has sat through the longest quorum call we have had in a long time which the Presiding Officer called himself. So on behalf of the Senate, the junior Senator from Missouri deserves our applause and congratulations for his patience.

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Recognizing the patience of the Presiding Officer during a lengthy quorum call.

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