Harry Reid: “As a foundation for my question, I want to say I appreciate her statement on the floor. Senator Byrd was here earlier. I…”

I didn’t have success because of my good looks, or because I was a genius. I had success because I worked harder than anybody else.

I have to win 50 plus one.

Get rid of the filibuster. It’s nothing. As Barack Obama said at John Lewis’ funeral, it’s part of the leftovers from the days of slave owners. You have got to get rid of it. It’s very bad.

He has no regrets. He says he had to do it to save Obama’s presidency because of what the Republicans were doing to obstruct the president’s confirmation of judges and other legislative things.