Harry Reid: “As I spoke to the leader, because Senator Domenici and I have done the bill for so long, if we needed to do a bill in a…”

“As I spoke to the leader, because Senator Domenici and I have done the bill for so long, if we needed to do a bill in a shorter period of time, an appropriations bill, I think we could do ours in a day at the longest. I don't anticipate any trouble with that. As I said privately and now I say publicly, I think we have a tremendous obligation to see what we can do to move appropriations bills. Before we leave, I would like to get two of them done. When we get back in July, after the obligations that you and I have set up-- stem cells, China trade, native Hawaiians--then I hope we could get some more appropriation's bills done, but I know that is a big order. In relation to what the majority leader has said, I do not think anyone should plan on staging their votes when they think there are going to be a lot of people here, when everybody will be here, because all week we will have a lack of attendance. People are flying all over the country attending BRAC hearings. That will be the way it is all week long. I think we have to plow forward and try to get as much done as we can as soon as we can because we do have the Fourth of July festivities around the country starting as early as Saturday. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The majority leader.”