Harry Reid

I have always been proud of the bipartisan relationship that Senator Bond and Senator Mikulski have had in fighting for the space program. It is a program we have to protect. I know there have been editorials saying do away with it; it is…

I certainly publicly acknowledge the statement made by our leader. I approve of the statement, as does our Democratic Caucus, and would simply say we look forward to working on a bipartisan basis with the President. There are a lot of…

Is the Senator aware that on November 15, 1995, the junior Senator from Pennsylvania, now a part of the Senate leadership in the majority, said: ``The American people are sick and tired of excuses for inaction to balance the budget. The…

Is it not true we were even warned the last year of the Clinton administration to be careful, the debt is being paid down too quickly, slow it down or it may have some short-term impact on the economy?

Is the Senator aware that on February 1, 1998, the senior Senator from New Hampshire said: ``As long as we have a Republican Congress we are going to have a balanced budget, and if we can get a Republican President we can start paying down…

Mitch Daniels, the head of the Office of Management and Budget, said on January 16 this year we ought not to hyperventilate about this new deficit estimate. Are you aware that the Senate majority leader said on January 5, 1996: ``We have a…

I also ask my friend, wouldn't this $300 billion surplus that is the revised estimate be one of the largest deficits in more than 2 decades?

How far were they off? It is $283 billion, plus $159 billion, that's how far they were off?

I also read that article in the Senator's hometown newspaper, and I am wondering, if this is a closed hearing, is this a focus group? And I wonder if the lobbyists don't like certain lines of that speech, or certain paragraphs or phrases…

I ask the Senator, also, based on what was reported in the Senator's home State newspaper, it appears to me, in answering my own question, that maybe they had a lot more to do with writing that speech than one would necessarily think. I…

That is very helpful. Is it possible that there will be near-term niche markets such as hospitals, aircraft control centers, or other buildings that cannot tolerate power failure?

That is going to be fine, but we would like to see the amendment. Why don't we start the debate, give us the amendment, and let us look at it.

I would say to my friend, we have done good work over here. We have set an example for the majority. We have about eight or nine amendments, and the folks over here have agreed to time limits. And 30 minutes is the longest we have on any…

If I may ask my friend from Alaska, the manager of this bill, is there any way we could cut the time down on this 2 hours? We have not had a 2-hour amendment in 2 days. I cannot understand why the amendment would take 2 hours.

Mr. Leader, if I could, the manager of the bill, the President pro tempore of the Senate, has done outstanding work last night and was able to get rid of 116 amendments. If we give him a few more hours, maybe he can do better than that. I…

My third inquiry to the Senator from Minnesota: I know some of our friends who are lobbyists, as you have indicated, public relations representatives--I think, with a straight face they really would have trouble advocating for this. Would…

There are all kinds of reincorporations that take place every day in corporate America. They could simply reincorporate in Delaware or Nevada or Minnesota or any place they felt appropriate and they would be right back, being able to get…

The Senator would also acknowledge, would he not, that this is not a permanent ban. All they have to do is say let me do what I should have done in the first place, just pay American taxes.

I say to my friend from Connecticut, his speech said it all. In addition to the speech he gave today, he has been a vocal advocate for change for many years. He is to be complimented and applauded for his work. I hope this amendment…

I very much appreciate our leadership laying out the problem. Yesterday, instead of the FBI losing the number of agents it is losing today, 1,175 agents, it was 800. Each day, more FBI agents are lost because of this ridiculous procedure…

I say to the Senator, the reason I mention this is it is descriptive, exemplary of what they are doing to the American people under the guise of fiscal conservatism. If this is ``compassionate conservatism,'' then I don't want any part of…

I have heard various accounts of how much the war in Iraq will cost. The accounts range from $60 billion to $250 billion, a quarter of a trillion dollars. That is the wide range of the cost of a war in Iraq. A resolution passed here saying…

Senator Byrd has been an advocate, for many months now, of doing something to properly fund homeland security. One member of our caucus referred to it as hometown security. The Senator from Nebraska, Mr. Nelson, referred to it as hometown…

I feel good about the progress that has been made. However, I say to the majority leader, you and Senator Daschle are really close to being able to work something out. This is where it really gets hard. This is where you and Senator…

All we want is to be treated the same way we treated the minority when we were in the majority--simple, direct, factual.