Harry Reid

What government's all about is honesty, integrity, not phoniness.

I will end by saying we look forward to enacting commonsense measures such as the Voting Integrity and Verification Act which Senator Ensign and I will introduce in a few days to continue to improve the integrity of our elections. I do not…

The duties of the United States Senate are set forth in the Constitution of the United States. Nowhere in that document does it say the Senate has a duty to give presidential nominees a vote.

I always would rather dance than fight, but I do know how to fight.

The GOP has 55 seats after victories in North Dakota, Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana, Democrats now have 44 seats, the independent party one.

So I say to my friend, Senator Harkin, thank you very much for being a believer, for being a believer in something that is important to this country, family farms.

Mr. President, as I said earlier this week on more than one occasion, change is very difficult. Sometimes change is what we have to do. The events of 9/11 were very bad, and as a result of that, reluctantly, energetically, and…

For my friend to say the jurisdiction of the committee has been stripped out in the last few days, he should come in contact with reality. It simply is not true. How many times people come and say that does not make it true. The…

I don't know if the Senator from Iowa heard today, but there was an announcement that 13,000 civilian Iraqis have been killed.

We all applaud and commend the great work done. This has been a very difficult job... The American people are going to be safer as a result of this. Congress is going to be more responsible as a result.

The point I make, and I would like the Senator to respond to this, a person from time to time, in service in the Congress of the United States, votes for amendments to cut spending in different areas for a lot of different reasons. They…

So you have been called to vote on every Defense bill and hundreds and hundreds of amendments offered on those Defense bills over the years. As strong as the Senator from North Dakota is on matters relating to the U.S. military, I don't…

I certainly am happy to be here today and that I was--I do not know if happy is the right word--able to hear the Senator from North Dakota, who did such a good job. Not only is he articulate in his views, but he always has facts and…

I say through the Chair, Senator Daschle has met with Senator Frist on more than one occasion today. These are extraordinary times. Not only do we have a Presidential election, but these are extraordinary times because of the threat facing…

Being more specific, is the Senator aware we have tried to address rail security and Amtrak security? Turned down. On several occasions, port security, turned down. Is he aware we have tried to get specific money to first responders…

I wish to express through you to the senior Senator from New Jersey the appreciation of the whole Senate. Everyone knows it is late at night and there are a lot of significant things to do tomorrow, including a religious holiday. Those of…

Is the Senator from New Jersey aware that in the month of August alone more than 1,100 American soldiers were injured, wounded?

This is the way we should proceed. This is excellent. I have confidence in Judd Gregg, the chairman of the committee. I don't agree with him lots of times, but he is a man who believes in the procedures we have established here many years…

I say to my distinguished counterpart, the senior Senator from Kentucky, that the risk for Republicans is that their strategy may just be too obvious. The majority has become so unyielding at times that it seems more devoted to tagging…

Judge George has served on many committees of the Supreme Court. He is a great judge. I do not know if 'revered' is the right word, but people like this man and look up to him. Lloyd George was appointed by a Republican President. He is a…

I personally appreciate the distinguished Republican leader having a pro forma session tomorrow and our being out on Friday. We don't recognize often enough publicly the great work that the staff does. These people around here work so…

And I say this, too: Senator Byrd and Senator Stevens did some good work in allowing Members to get to this work, along with you and Senator Daschle, so the whole body should be favorably inclined. This has been hard work. We read off a…

Without compromise we might as well not even have a Bill.

I have heard Senator Reid say that this is probably the most complex land bill he has ever seen.

Congress has the sole authority to designate lands to be managed as wilderness and the Nevada Congressional delegation has shown on more than one occasion that sometimes controversial issues can be resolved in a collaborative bipartisan…