Harry Reid: “Before the Senator from Delaware leaves the floor, I would like to say, the Senator from Delaware and I came here from…”

“Before the Senator from Delaware leaves the floor, I would like to say, the Senator from Delaware and I came here from the House of Representatives together in 1982. The Senator has always been very studious. What I mean by that is that legislation is something he reviews and studies and I am sure worries about. This legislation now before the Senate is no different. The Senator from Delaware is concerned, as he has indicated, with the need for an energy bill. We had a vote on an issue that is of extreme importance to the country. It did not go the way a lot of us believed it should. The Senator from Delaware is coming back at such time as I hope he can offer this amendment, with something on which he has spent hours and days, coming up with something that is reasonable and will meet many of the goals that need to be met, allowing the United States to become less dependent on production. I say to my friend from Delaware, I am very glad he is in the Senate. He has brought to the Senate the same style that he had in the House of Representatives and, I am sure, to the office of Governor, although I am not as aware of his work as a two-term Governor of the State of Delaware. But he has brought, really, a fine dimension to the Senate. I am proud of the work he has done, as should be the people of Delaware.”