Harry Reid: “it is my understanding today is finally the day, after 18 days, that we are going to have the great amendment on ANWR.…”

“it is my understanding today is finally the day, after 18 days, that we are going to have the great amendment on ANWR. After all this time and all the promises, I think it is finally coming up. We are looking with anticipation to this amendment and this debate because this is really what we have been waiting for on the bill. We have been told that if we focus on what the Republicans want on this bill, we will finally get the opportunity to debate it. The reason I say that--and the Chair recognizes I am being a little facetious--is that I have been out here many different days asking, When? Today? If you don't offer it, we are going to offer it--and all of these different things we have tried to do to get something moving forward on this legislation. But I do say I am glad it is finally going to be offered. It is my understanding it will be offered momentarily. I say that because even though the Alaska wilderness is far removed from the State of Nevada where I was born and raised, the two climates are much alike in the sense that they are both delicate.”