Harry Reid: “I was not coming to hear the laudatory remarks of the Senator, but I appreciate having heard them. It is not often in…”

“I was not coming to hear the laudatory remarks of the Senator, but I appreciate having heard them. It is not often in the Senate we have the opportunity to say good things about each other; We are busy trying to get an amendment adopted or give a speech we need to give, and all the things we need to do. But I cannot help but reflect on the time I have had to spend with the Senator from Massachusetts on this bill because my mind goes back to when I was just a boy, a student at Utah State University. I say to the Senator, your brother was running for President, and I was enthused about helping him. I was in Republican territory, Utah State University in Logan, UT. So I formed at that university a young Democratic club: Young Democrats. And one of the prize possessions I have in the world is a letter written by John Kennedy after that successful election. I have it hanging on the wall in my office in the Hart Building, where he acknowledged we formed this club and perhaps helped him a little bit. I told the Senator the first day I came to the Senate what an honor it was for me to serve with Ted Kennedy, a person who is one of the well-known people of the world, who has been such an example for how you deal with your family for all of us. For me, on a personal basis, I say to the Senator, to be able to legislate with you has been a dream of a lifetime.”