Harry Reid

Would you explain to the people watching this--whatever it is--would you explain to the people how a person gets to the Senate floor to be nominated for a judge? How do they get here? What is the process? Explain to the people of the…

I say to my friend that the Federalist Society, as we know, is not mainstream dealing with judicial issues, but extreme, and indicate that may be the case. One of the lead speakers, of course, is Mr. Bork. To even compound the political…

If the Senator will continue yielding, I believe with five Democratic amendments the Senator has spoken about and the persuasive nature of the Democratic manager of this bill, some of them would not require votes, and I believe we could…

We have our Congressional Medal of Honor winner, Senator Inouye, who asked to be present when we vote on this conference report, and I think we should do that. He is somebody we all look upon as a hero, and he is doing veterans ceremonies…

I actually know how Searchlight got its name, I say to my friend through the distinguished Presiding Officer. Searchlight got its name because someone said, ``I found gold,'' and someone said he would ``need a searchlight to find it.'' I…

I would do that. Any time I hear someone shuffling around the room, I am always hoping it is people coming to hear more about my book. I am on chapter 6 and I can tell everybody it gets better. This is kind of the buildup. I thought the…

When the Senator was off the floor--and I will repeat--I indicated my great respect and admiration for someone with a record of accomplishment that certainly is significant--Governor, Member of the House of Representatives, Senator, and I…

This amendment is offered by the Senator from Michigan, and it never took into consideration doing anything that was unconstitutional?

I asked the White House by letter to give me the breakdown of the cost of all of these trips they take around the country campaigning for people. Who pays for that? Is it paid for by the taxpayers of this country? Is it paid for by the…

What that article says is a State of 9 million people, which has democratically elected Democratic Senators, these two Senators would not be able to ask questions of that administration; is that what it does?

He is an expert on issues relating to defense. I am sure on a weekly basis, if not more often, he makes inquiries at the Pentagon and other offices of the executive branch of Government as to questions he has in his role as the lead…

Didn't you always feel that no matter what political party the Member of Congress was who asked the question, it had no bearing on the answer? Isn't that true?

I read that article to which you refer. It seems there is now new criteria established at the White House, that only if you are a Republican will they answer questions of a Member of Congress. Is that what that article said?

And there was never a question raised as to whether it was a Democratic Congressman or Senator or Republican House Member or Senator asking the question; isn't that right?

The Internet bill which we are talking about here on the Senate floor is an important piece of legislation. I think it is important we understand this Internet tax bill. It deals with some very important issues. It is a bill that seeks to…

I further direct a question to my friend, it is true, then, that this article written by David Savage states that experts who track Federal judgeships say Republican complaints about a Democratic filibuster has skewed the larger picture…

I direct a further question to my friend. Is he telling me then, in the waning days of this legislative session of the National Legislature that we are spending time on a vote that has already been taken--there will not be a single vote…

I further direct the Senator's attention to an article--I am not confident he has had time to read it because it is from a western newspaper, the L.A. Times. Is it true the vacancy rate on the Federal bench is at a 13-year low, as…

I have always been a great admirer of the Senator from the State of Washington. She always steps forward with amendments that are extremely important.

No. I say to my friend the bill is not moving because the majority has decided to harp on the fact that there is not a conference named----

The fires in California were disastrous. But what happened in California is not going to be changed by virtue of a conference. We believe if the majority really wants a bill--and I believe they do--they should take our suggestion. It is…

I, of course, am also happy about the growth of the domestic product last quarter. It is very important. But before we get too elated over this economic news, we have to also understand that in addition to the need for growth for corporate…

I, too, am pleased at the good news that the GDP has gone up. But for the 3 million people who have lost jobs, J-O-B is more important than G-D-P. This last month, another 46,000 jobs have been lost in this country; during this…

I am requesting an annual appropriation of $1.25 million dollars each year for the next 3 years. This funding would be used to develop an administrative structure, identify potential collaborators and projects, initiate ``seed'' projects…

I know my veterans in Nevada would understand because a lot of the work we are doing is directly related to them anyway.