Harry Reid: “while the majority leader is on the floor and also the President pro tempore is seated in the Chamber, the chairman of…”

“while the majority leader is on the floor and also the President pro tempore is seated in the Chamber, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee--the same person--while one may disagree with some of the policy stands the chairman of the Appropriations Committee has taken, one has to admire the work he did last night. It was really remarkable that he had every chair and ranking member of the subcommittees there, including the chairs of the full committees and ranking members, and was able to work through that myriad of information. It is now down to where it is really close to something we can vote on this week. While the chairman of the committee is here, I wanted to acknowledge in front of his leader the remarkable job he did last night. We look forward to some productive work this week. These are two most important matters. I am sure the Senator and our leader will have a conversation in the immediate future about the Estrada nomination.”