Harry Reid

But what I wanted to say to the Senator from Arizona, in my opinion, is exemplary in his statements on the floor and off the floor about what has been going on between the two people who are going to be running for President in November. I…

I think that in addition to having Ms. Gorelick reassess her position, it would be good for the President and administration to reassess their positions and testify publicly, or at least separately, instead of this appearance that they…

If the distinguished leader will yield for a brief comment, as I said to Senator Domenici this afternoon, this scenario that has been set up is going to create some very interesting votes because if we move down the road where we come to a…

I acknowledge that it is important legislation. For example, I met in my office with Ken Bowa from Nevada, one of the vice presidents of the Pfizer Company. You would not think that a company that manufactures pharmaceuticals would have an…

I believe--although I am never certain--that cloture will not be invoked on the asbestos bill. The reason I mention that is I think the work done by Senators Feinstein, Hatch, Kyl, and Leahy has been tremendous on this piece of legislation…

The situation we have here is just like Las Vegas. This resolution is 333, just by chance. This is the third year in a row the women have won the national championship. Those two teams have been so lucky, maybe they should spend a little…

Is the distinguished Democratic leader aware that the work done in the Senate bill--$318 billion for transit and highways--was done on a bipartisan basis? I have been chairman of that full committee on two occasions. I understand it. I…

I was asked to appear on a television show this afternoon, and I was happy to do that. The reason I appeared on the show was to respond to some TV ads that are starting tomorrow where the Bush campaign is paying millions of dollars to run…

I hope Senator Ensign and I are able to be on the same team working here in the Senate as the University of Nevada at Reno was during this basketball season. We strive to do that. They have set a good example for us and for everyone. We…

So this is an issue that doesn't relate to kids at McDonald's flipping hamburgers. It relates to people supporting their families. I greatly admire the Senator for being the lead person on this amendment dealing with the minimum wage that…

It is true, is it not, that 60 percent of the people who draw the minimum wage are women?

And for 40 percent of those women, that is the only money they get for them and their families?

I also ask, through the Chair to the distinguished Democratic leader, it is also true, is it not, that 173 judges have been approved; we have been, through your direction, very selective and turned down five, two of whom the President has…

One thing the debate this morning has not touched upon, and I would like to hear the Senator from North Dakota explain a little bit, when this administration came into power there was a huge surplus over a 10-year period. It is my…

We have been here now for approximately 2 hours on this very important legislation. The Democratic leader has talked about how important it is, the distinguished chairman of the committee has talked about how important it is, our ranking…

I support strong budgets for you because, as I mentioned earlier, long-term stable investments in scientific research and development is what makes our Nation strong.

I'm far more interested in an aggressive R&D budget that benefits the Nation as a whole than I am in a long, slow, drawn-out transition.

I realize that the most important thing Congress can do in the short term for the renewable energy industry is to get a series of productive tax credits into place.

I am a big supporter of your programs and believe that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden is one of the premiere labs in all the DOE if not the world.

Funding for research in the hard sciences is one of the very best and most appropriate investments taxpayer dollars can be made for this country.

The imbalance between funding for the physical sciences and the biological sciences was getting to be staggering.

I think this is short-sighted in the long term.

I really believe it's short-sighted. I hope we'll be able to improve on that this year before we complete our work.

I'm concerned that such a budget, if enacted, will not allow you to move forward aggressively on enough major initiatives, including the ITER Project.

I believe more should be done to protect against nuclear proliferation.