Harry Reid: “My dear friend from Iowa was wrong in saying that the time would be used up anyway, and here is the point I am making…”

“My dear friend from Iowa was wrong in saying that the time would be used up anyway, and here is the point I am making: We have been asked to move the tax bill. That is what we should be doing. We have turned down a number of requests on this side of people wanting to speak, no matter how important it might be, on issues other than those relating to the tax bill. The time used on the bill talking about morning business, no matter how important it might be, does not deal with the tax issues of this country. The majority leader has asked us to cooperate in trying to move this bill along. It is obvious as the day is clear that we are not moving this along when we are talking about extraneous matters. That is the point I am making.”