Harry Reid: “I have to give a few remarks. They are very short in nature. Then my friend can proceed, but I will maintain the floor…”

I didn't make it in life because of my athletic prowess. I didn't make it because of my good looks. I didn't make it because I'm a genius. I made it because I worked hard.

The country is better off having a real democracy, not a fake democracy. Sixty percent is not a democracy.

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.

But the purpose of politics that Harry Reid understood very well is to get stuff done.