Harry Reid

Does the Senator from Iowa think for 1 minute we are going to spend no money in Iraq, after last year having had two supplementals in the amount of more than $150 billion?

Very briefly, we have just approved the 171st judge during the Bush administration. There have been 171 judges approved. To my knowledge, there have been four he submitted who have not been approved, other than those who are going through…

The Dorgan amendment deals with farmers' transportation of hazardous products. I have just glanced at it. It appears there is an inordinate burden placed upon farmers to transfer a load of gas to their farms.

This bill is so much more fair to all 50 States than the bill in 1982, and the three subsequent bills. Some States prior to 1982 didn't even get 80 cents of every dollar they paid into the trust fund. This bill took a gigantic step, and…

I do say this to my friend, and I ask that he respond: We have programs that are funded in this bill that were the property of Senator Pat Moynihan, principally, that I think are certainly far from being perfect, but they are the best…

Let me ask a final question. The Senator is aware that the State of Florida, for example, in this highway bill, will wind up getting $3,138,589,000, which is a growth rate of some 40 percent, and that the fiscal year 2003 number the people…

What I hear the Senator saying is that the Senator has no question with the amount of money being spent in this bill, the Senator has some question how it is being financed?

I also ask this question to my friend. The Senator is aware that my legislation--after 9/11, other things got in the way and nothing happened with that. Is the Senator aware that the Banking Committee, which does mass transit--they have…

I wish to say very briefly that Senator Daschle's statement regarding the leaking of the name of the informant--someone who worked for the CIA--had nothing to do about whether there were or were not weapons of mass destruction in Iraq…

We could do it now in 5 minutes. Nobody will oppose it. I dare anybody to come to this floor and oppose what is going on in this country on mad cow. My 13-year-old granddaughter at dinner Monday night asked her little 8-year-old brother…

The Senator is aware that some time, for lack of a better description, in the dead of night, where there was no one from the public present, even though the House and the Senate passed provisions dealing with overtime, the Senate is aware…

Again, I ask my friend the question, we have in one of these appropriations bills a prohibition, a piece of legislation that would prevent the President from exercising his authority to take away overtime rights for people all over…

Do I understand that the Senate and the House, on both overtime and mad cow, or country of origin, voted by large majorities to have there be a continuation of overtime and to have country-of-origin labeling on all beef that comes into the…

These American military personnel who are tortured and brutalized, this administration won't give them the time of day.

I would like to extend the appreciation of the entire Senate, especially on this side, to those who worked to allow us to be at this point: Senators Lautenberg, Dorgan, and Rockefeller, and the ranking member of the committee, Senator…

I think the last 2 days have been some of the finest hours of the Senate this year. The debate has been constructive on both sides. I think it has been issue-oriented. I have been very impressed with the manner in which the debate has…

If the Senator has finished his comment on the passage of this important legislation, I would like to briefly say John Lewis's name was mentioned, and rightfully so. Everyone the distinguished majority leader mentioned has played a…

You mentioned that the Bush administration reversed the Executive order issued by the Clinton administration establishing air traffic control as an inherently governmental function. Did the Bush administration have second thoughts about…

Our colleagues also point out that President Clinton privatized 116 of the current 219 contract towers. Isn't it inconsistent for Democrats to argue privatization when it was a common practice under the Clinton administration?

Our friends of the other side of the aisle suggest that President Bush has no plans to privatize the air traffic control system. They point out that the President hasn't privatized any towers in the past 3 years. Then why is the President…

Again this is an amendment that was offered and adopted earlier. It deals with Americans who were held prisoner of war in the first gulf war. This is legislation that is directly in keeping with the sense of the last amendment that was…

I am sure the State of New Jersey, like the State of Nevada, and all 48 other States, has people who are unemployed. New Jersey is a very heavily populated State. Does the Senator from New Jersey think the people in New Jersey would care…

If the Senator wants to ask a question, use it on his time. We have people who have prepared all-night speeches and have been cut too short.

And I am sure for the next 25 hours, there will still be nothing new. Having said that, I ask my friend from New York, does he think it would be a good idea that the unanimous consent requests I proffered where I asked to do something…

I ask another question. Does the Senator also agree that rather than going through 30 hours of this--first of all, with all due respect, everybody, including me, everything that has been said so far tonight in these 5 hours has already…