Harry Reid: “if there are ever any prizes given by a higher being to someone who cares about a group of people who have no one out…”

“if there are ever any prizes given by a higher being to someone who cares about a group of people who have no one out there as their advocate or champion, Jack Reed from Rhode Island will get one of those prizes. Nobody else has been as vocal a proponent for doing justice to those 10,000 individuals who have no other spokesperson. I congratulate the Senator for being very open and vocal. I have to tell him that but for him his amendment would not be part of this legislation about which we are speaking. I am very proud of the Senator from Rhode Island for the great work he has done. I also respond in this way. Some of the people I am trying to help in Nevada have been there 30 years--not 30 days, 30 hours, 30 months, but 30 years. They want a fair hearing. When I first went to law school, I heard the words ``due process'' and really didn't know what that meant. I quickly came to learn in law school that it is the foundation of our system of justice. People who are here, no matter how they got here, should be entitled to basic fairness. So I thank my friend from Rhode Island for trying to help more than 10,000 Liberians get a fair hearing. That is basically what this is all about.”