Harry Reid: “The answer is yes. They have the right to offer amendments. Sometimes they offer an amendment and debate it. I see my…”

“The answer is yes. They have the right to offer amendments. Sometimes they offer an amendment and debate it. I see my friend, who I came to Congress with in 1982, from Florida, the senior Senator from Florida. I have been talking about this H.R. 11. On that particular piece of legislation, the Senator from Florida offered five amendments. The Senator from Florida had some good reasons to offer every one of these amendments. For example, you would ask: Why did he offer an amendment dealing with tractors to the Enterprise Zone Tax Incentive Act? I don't know. I am sure he had a good reason for doing so. They had a right to offer the amendments, and they offered them.”