Harry Reid: “Today is a day of solemnity in the Senate. We are going to swear in a new Senator as a result of the death of one of our…”

“Today is a day of solemnity in the Senate. We are going to swear in a new Senator as a result of the death of one of our colleagues. It is a day of reflection for all of us. Speaking for myself, and I am sure the Senator from Florida, every day we reflect on how fortunate we are to have someone who is a living example of the words that are engraved in the back of this Chamber: 'In God We Trust.' He is someone to whom we all look --both the minority and majority--for ethical standards, for a sense of morality that he brings to this body. I say to the priest from West Virginia, the State of West Virginia is well served and has been well served by Senator Robert Byrd.”