Political Quotes

On the recordApril 18, 2005
I send to the desk amendments on behalf of Mr. Durbin, No. 443; Mr. Bayh, No. 338; Mr. Biden, No. 537; and Mr. Feingold, No. 459; and I ask unanimous consent that they be set aside. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendments en bloc are as follows: Amendment No. 388 (Purpose: To appropriate an additional $742,000,000 for Other Procurement, Army, for the procurement of up to 3,300 Up Armored High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (UAHMMVs)) On page 169, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following: up armored high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles Sec. 1122. (a) Additional Amount for Other Procurement, Army.--The amount appropriated by this chapter under the heading ``Other Procurement, Army'' is hereby increased by $742,000,000, with the amount of such increase designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of the conference report to accompany S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress). (b) Availability of Funds.--Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by this chapter under the heading ``Other Procurement, Army'', as increased by subsection (a), $742,000,000 shall be available for the procurement of up to 3,300 Up Armored High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (UAHMMVs).…
Said by
Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

Share

More from Harry Reid

Dec 28, 2021

He has no regrets. He says he had to do it to save Obama’s presidency because of what the Republicans were doing to obstruct the president’s confirmation of judges and other legislative things.

msnbc.com
Mar 15, 2021

You cannot have a democracy that record 60 percent of the vote on everything. And that’s what the Republicans have done. They have made a mockery of what the Senate should be.

msnbc.com
Dec 28, 2021

if we have the political will, we have the opportunity to improve the lives of millions of families today and build a stronger, better and more prosperous country for generations to come.

msnbc.com
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

Other voices in this conversation