Harry Reid: “if this were a matter of retribution, it would have started a long time ago. Senator Daschle came to the floor after we…”

“if this were a matter of retribution, it would have started a long time ago. Senator Daschle came to the floor after we took the majority in the Senate and said that as it related to judicial nominations this was not payback time; we were not going to treat the then-minority, the Republicans, as we were treated when we were in the minority. To show that we were true to our word, we approved 100 nominees during the short time we had the majority of the Senate. I read into the Record earlier today the scores of judicial nominees who did not receive hearings, who waited and never got a vote on their nominations. They are out practicing law someplace. This is not retribution. Madam President, once in a while I try to come up with something that has not been said on the Senate floor during the last several days. My friend from Arizona said: Everything has been said, but not everyone has said it. I have come up with something that has not been said, in response to what my friend from Utah and others have said about this ABA rating that Estrada has.”