Harry Reid: “I believe we need to do something for healthy forests. I know how hard the Senator from Oregon has worked on this, along…”

“I believe we need to do something for healthy forests. I know how hard the Senator from Oregon has worked on this, along with others. I applaud and commend them for working. Nevada, of course, is a State very large in area and we have had some devastating fires in the last several years. Something needs to be done about it. In response to my friend from Idaho, who I have the greatest respect for, he did not mention by name the Senator from New Mexico, but he is talking about Senator Bingaman, speaking in not a favorable light about my friend, the junior Senator from New Mexico. I have served with Jeff Bingaman. We were elected to Congress the same year. He is a man of intellect. He is Harvard educated, and he has a fine legal mind. Certainly he is not anyone, by virtue of his record, which would be easily obtainable, to go whatever way the environmental community wants him to go. I can speak from experience. I have issues where I believe the Senator from New Mexico should have followed what I felt was the right way, and the environmental community supported it, and he did not go that way. All I am saying is Senator Bingaman is one of the finest Senators we have in this body.”