Harry Reid: “I do say this to my friend, and I ask that he respond: We have programs that are funded in this bill that were the…”

“I do say this to my friend, and I ask that he respond: We have programs that are funded in this bill that were the property of Senator Pat Moynihan, principally, that I think are certainly far from being perfect, but they are the best programs we have had during the lifetime of this legislation. I say to my friend, with the fact that we have 2 weeks to complete this legislation--we bring it up now or the majority leader said we wouldn't be able to do it--I would think doing this highway bill is so much more important than not doing it, that it is easier to weigh that on the scale of legislative necessity.”