Harry Reid

As we discussed yesterday on the floor, there is a need to do appropriations bills. As the leader knows, he has spoken to the Democratic leader and there is an opportunity I believe in the next week or so to move a couple of appropriations…

One bill I did not mention that I feel strongly about is fair credit reporting. That is also very important. I bet my office has received 100 phone calls in the last couple of legislative days dealing with that legislation. We hope…

There is a basic difference. If I may say, there are some people over here who really don't care much about this bill ever passing. That is the way the Senate is. Senator Daschle has used his good office because of a gentlemen's agreement…

We started on our side last night with 90 amendments. We are down to 31 now. I am not sure all of those will be offered, but I think the end is in sight. If we work hard today and put in a fairly decent day tomorrow, we will be able to…

If I could, I want to say on the record here I badly wanted to go to a reception held tonight right across the hall, sponsored by the acting minority leader, Senator Baucus, and Congressman Rehberg, because they were going to, at that…

The only reason I am stalling a little bit here is I do not know the subject matter of the Graham amendment.

I simply wish to say, prior to the Chair ruling, that the Senator from Arkansas is a member of the Finance Committee. She has studied this long and hard. I think it appropriate she brought this before the Senate. I compliment and applaud…

There are a number of strikes going on as we speak. The latest started in Los Angeles with all the transit drivers. That is a result of problems with health care. The problem with automobile manufacturers, the other strikes going on in…

From the statement the Senator has made, it is my understanding that out of the $87 billion the President has requested, the Senator from South Dakota has said that some $21 billion will be for the reconstruction of Iraq, not dealing with…

First of all, Webster's compact dictionary I have in my desk says a traitor is one who betrays trust. So certainly if a CIA agent leaked to the press the name of one of his colleagues who is an undercover agent, he would be a traitor.

The next question I ask my friend: So if a CIA operative would be subject to criminal penalties and would be considered a traitor for doing this activity, certainly someone working within the administration, within the White House, would…

I ask my friend this question: If someone within the CIA had divulged the name of this operative, that person, it seems to me, would be subject to criminal penalties and would be considered a traitor; is that true?

I simply want to extend thanks to Senator Mikulski and you and any others involved in this selection. Here is a man who is qualified to do so many different things. There aren't many people who can be referred to as 'doctor,' 'chaplain,'…

My friend has been a longstanding Member of this most important committee where we have dealt with matters of education for decades in the Senate. We know that private schools, most of the time, give kids more attention. We have all heard…

I respond to my friend from Massachusetts, it is no wonder that people who live in the District of Columbia have bumper stickers that say, ``No Taxation Without Representation.'' It is no wonder that the people, hundreds of thousands of…

That is really too bad. I say that because it would seem that something this important to the American public should at least have an up-or-down vote. All we want is a resolution from this body saying it is appropriate that the Attorney…

I say to my friend--pardon the interruption, through the Chair--afraid of what? Of the truth?

We have had some espionage people who have turned on us in recent years. They have had very high publicity. I think of the man in Kansas who turned and became a double agent, so to speak, which led to the deaths of American operatives in…

I am wondering if the leader has made a decision about tomorrow yet because of the holiday.

It is true, is it not, in the first gulf war there were 200,000 troops supplied by other countries? It is also true, is it not, that 90 percent of the cost of the war was borne by other countries? It is also true in this war that 90…

Is it true that the request of the President, if granted, will cause the United States sometime next summer to increase the debt ceiling of this country?

Anyone who supports this amendment is supporting contracting out. All you have to do is read their amendment and that is what it says. They say the President will issue reports. He has not done that. That is the only thing it does. It…

I will never forget the drive from Pasco, WA, to Seattle over the great Cascades. Those mountains and trees, the forests are so much different than the forests of Nevada. We are very proud of the great treasures we have around Lake Tahoe…

I also certainly wish the President the best of luck at the United Nations today. I think it is extremely important we have more support from the international community. I am very happy to see the President going there seeking that help.

I am also interested in reducing the burden on U.S. taxpayers, who appear to be picking up 90 percent of the tab for this so-called 'reordering of the Middle East.'