Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 1, 2013
I ask this consent agreement under the background that the government is closed. All over America Federal employees were given 4 hours this morning to clear out their e-mails, computers, and close down their offices. All over America they were asked to come to work at 8 o'clock this morning, but by noon they will be out of their offices. The government is closed because of the irrationality of what is going on on the other side of the Capitol. That is unfortunate, but that is the way it is. I will have more to say later. ____________________
Said by
Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
Source
govinfo.gov
Oct 1, 2013

Share

Share on XShare on FacebookEmail this quote

More from Harry Reid

Dec 27, 2021

if some rule of the Senate stands in the way of getting that, making sure that every American has the right to vote and the vote counted, then we got to change that rule.

transcripts.cnn.com
Jan 3, 2022

Get rid of the filibuster. It’s nothing. As Barack Obama said at John Lewis’ funeral, it’s part of the leftovers from the days of slave owners. You have got to get rid of it. It’s very bad.

msnbc.com
Mar 7, 2017

it is unclear what . . . duty [third-party set-top box providers] would have to protect programming content or otherwise comply with the licensing agreements

congress.gov
Dec 9, 2016

after a quarter of a century, Senator Glenn left the Senate, and here is what he said: ``Yeah, I'll miss it, sure. But you move on to other things. That's it.'' That was John Glenn. He moved on to other things. Until a couple of years ago…

govinfo.gov
View all Harry Reid quotes

Other voices in this conversation