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Harry Reid: “First of all, I certainly understand the frustration of the Senator from Pennsylvania. He does a good job of chairing…”

On the recordOctober 28, 2000
First of all, I certainly understand the frustration of the Senator from Pennsylvania. He does a good job of chairing that subcommittee. But his facts are wrong. Here it is 9 days until the election, and we are still in session. We are here because the leadership of the majority has simply refused to move this Congress along like it is supposed to. Since the first of September, we have passed only three or four appropriations bills. We struggled through the month of September, and nothing happened.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the slow progress of Congress in the lead-up to the 2000 election.

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