Harry Reid

Congress has to. So I plan to work with the subcommittee, Chairman Stevens, Ranking Member Byrd, and Chairman Domenici to ensure that this subcommittee gets the resources needed to fund these vital organizations properly.

This is about $600 million less or a 14 percent cut from the amount enacted in 2003.

The budget that OMB submitted for the Army Corps is totally inadequate.

This reduced amount of funding... is going to hamper progress on many large projects.

He was a unique individual, as you said. He walked in, put on that sweater, with that very bad voice that we all remember. The reason I wanted to interrupt the Senator before he went to the closing script is this has been a contentious…

I would like to respond, not in a very direct way, but to point out problems the Senator has outlined in his statement to me. Is the Senator aware that yesterday I talked about a Pew Research Center poll? It is a nonpartisan organization…

And the Senator talked about tax policy. This same poll says that 44 percent of the American people disagree of George W. Bush's handling of tax policy. So the Senator said it all. I appreciate his asking me a question.

People in the administration who try to be candid with Congress get in trouble. Larry Lindsey, the chief economic adviser to the President, told us the war would cost $100 billion. He lost his job. I don't know if that is the only reason…

Even though I would disagree with what the administration would do if they had the information and wouldn't give it to us, I wouldn't like that, but I would at least feel more comfortable that they were on top of their game. But for them…

Is the Senator aware of the names of 79 Clinton judicial nominees who were not confirmed by the Republicans?

The final paragraph of this short but powerful editorial, does the Senator from New Jersey agree with this: The Senate Democratic leader, Tom Daschle, insists that the Senate be given the information it needs to evaluate Mr. Estrada. He…

The Bush administration has shown no interest in working with Senate Democrats to select nominees who could be approved by consensus, and has dug in its heels on its most controversial choices. At their confirmation hearings, judicial…

Yes, I am sure it is. Is the Senator aware of this editorial that says, paragraph No. 1, ``The Bush administration is missing the point in the Senate battle over Miguel Estrada, its controversial nominee to the powerful DC Circuit Court of…

The Senator from Utah made a statement on this floor this evening that it is illegal to release documents relating to memos in the Solicitor General's Office, and the record is very clear it has been done before on more than one occasion.

Is the Senator aware that on August 24, 1987, John Bolton, the Republican Assistant Attorney General, wrote a letter to Chairman Biden, among other things saying: Accordingly, we have decided to take this step of providing the committee…

Was not a decision made by this administration that they are not going to release these documents even though they have in the past?

Bork, Civiletti, Rehnquist, and two others, none of whom are Hispanics--and I think a person's ethnicity has nothing to do with the point we have made. The point we have made is on other occasions, memos from the Solicitor General's Office…

We have established in the dialog between the Senator from Utah and the Senator from Nevada that there have been occasions where the Solicitor's memos have been given to the Senate. The Senator says they have been on rare occasions, two…

Let me just complete my question. The Senator has knowledge that on occasions there have been memos released from the Solicitor General's Office relating to matters before the Senate. I ask the question of the Senator from Utah, does that…

I would say to my friend, I would respectfully submit, you don't need to say ``without losing your right to the floor.'' You have the floor. You don't have to say that. Anyway, I ask my distinguished friend from Utah, the neighboring State…

Did I hear the Senator right that all these statements I have heard on the Senate floor that he was the editor--in fact, he was one of 70 editors?

The reason we are not debating on the Senate floor Senator Daschle's plan to improve the economy, the reason we are not debating homeland security issues, the reason we are not debating environmental issues... Is the Senator aware the…

If the Senator will yield, is the Senator aware that this same poll, when asked how George Bush is handling tax policy, shows that 42 percent of the people approve of the way he is handling tax policy? And is the Senator aware that for the…

The Senator outlined why people likely feel the way they do, but does the Senator also acknowledge the fact that we have in the last 2 years seen a $7 trillion surplus evaporate? Could that be a concern?

Is the Senator aware that when these people were asked in this nationwide poll how George W. Bush is handling the economy, only 43 percent of the people say they like the way he is handling the economy, but 48 percent disapprove of the way…