Harry Reid

Is the Senator aware that, generally speaking, relevance is not germaneness? They are two totally different concepts; is that correct?

The subject of Medicare is extremely important. Medicare is not a perfect program, but it is a good program. It has done so much to help the American people. I am glad to see we are going to address the issue. I hope we address it with the…

I accept the ruling of the Chair. I am disappointed. This is a very important issue. As I say, Senator Dorgan and I feel very strongly about this, and the two managers of the bill have been most generous in their work in conference. In the…

I respond to my friend from Utah, I borrowed this chart from somebody else. I am not much on this chart business, but I know that if there are that many who favor the tax cut, you should do your own chart.

My dear friend from Iowa was wrong in saying that the time would be used up anyway, and here is the point I am making: We have been asked to move the tax bill. That is what we should be doing. We have turned down a number of requests on…

Is the Senator from Illinois aware that the Congressional Budget Office, the White House Council of Economic Advisors, and the private sector economists who helped the President analyze this proposal have stated that the President's tax…

They are not good for birds to nest in. They are just an ugly blight on Nevada's environment.

I applaud and commend the author of this legislation, with whom I joined, in presenting this legislation. For the State of Nevada, with the limited agriculture we have, and the very few rivers we have, the tamarisk is removing our…

I listened to a speech just delivered, and the leader indicated we are going to be asked in the next few days to increase the national debt by almost a trillion dollars--not a billion, almost a trillion dollars. Is that what the leader…

Last month I had the wonderful opportunity to speak to students in a gaming law policy class at the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. As I am sure you are aware, yesterday the Senator from Arizona…

He is the 124th judge we have approved for the Bush administration. The record is 124 to 2.

Now, I say to my friend from North Dakota, in the form of a question I ask you to respond to, we did not like what happened, but the Senate went on just fine; the country survived; did it not?

The fact is, a relatively small percentage of the people he sent down were approved because the Republicans did not like the people he sent down; is that right?

If that were the case, every person he sent down would have been approved, is that right, using the logic used by the majority now?

I simply say that having been in the majority and the minority on a number of occasions, what comes around goes around. We have to appreciate the fact that sometimes we control the Senate. Hopefully, not too long from now--but one never…

I said yesterday evening as we closed how I appreciated the statements of the Senator from Arkansas yesterday and how the statements were based on substance. A lot of times when we come to the Senate floor we talk in the abstract. You have…

Finally, Mr. President, we are willing to work with the majority on judges. We have a number of circuit judges on which we think we can move very quickly. The leadership should know that.

I had the opportunity today to listen to Senator Harkin speak on the Sutton nomination. I was terribly impressed with his ability to explain to the American public on a very personal basis, as a result of his brother's handicap, why this…

Very briefly, if I may, I think every time a debt limit extension has come before the Congress, I have voted for it. I believe we have debts and we should pay them. I will likely vote for this one. But there are some people who don't think…

As I said a few minutes ago, on our side there is real angst as to when we might finish this budget conference report. We have 5 hours on our side. At this stage, we have the intention of using most all of that time. I am wondering, from…

I want to make sure my friend from Utah understands that we, of course, would have no objection to going to the conference report. Our problem is having the majority leader set a time for completing this legislation. We have a number of…

We need to reaffirm the importance of learning American history and maintaining civic understanding.

The education of America's children must be one of our top priorities.

Yes. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, we have approved, during the time President Bush has been President, 116 judges. Two have been turned down--116 to 2. One of those who was turned down is back. Owen is back. This would be…

I wish to state how much I appreciate the cooperation of the ranking member and the chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. It took a few minutes to do this, but it has taken weeks to get to this point. I express my…