Harry Reid: “we have an interesting number of issues before this body. We have talked on various occasions, not the least of which…”

“we have an interesting number of issues before this body. We have talked on various occasions, not the least of which has been today, about what we have not done: A real Patients' Bill of Rights; a prescription drug coverage through Medicare; a minimum wage increase; tax-deductibility for college-level education, including lifelong learning; education funds to modernize our schools, to have afterschool programs, to have more teachers; commonsense gun safety legislation; long-term tax credits for families caring for elderly parents; and affordable housing. These issues--any one of them--could have been completed with the intercession of the Governor of Texas who is running for President. The campaign, that will be completed in 12 or 13 days, is a campaign of ideas. What I would like to do tonight is spread across the Record of this Senate some of the ideas of George W. Bush, the Governor of the State of Texas.”