Harry Reid

Twenty-four hours ago we were fortunate to get this conference report on H.R. 2215. I assumed this matter would be out of here in a matter of 4 or 5 minutes. I thought maybe Senator Leahy and Senator Hatch would talk about what a great…

Is it true, I ask my friend, we have funding for Centers for Domestic Preparedness throughout the country? Is it true we have legislation to improve implementation of a treaty banning terrorist financing? Does it deal with FBI, allow FBI…

The reason it is being held up is the same reason our 13 appropriations bills are being held up, the same reason the election reform, conference reports, bankruptcy, terrorism, Patients' Bill of Rights, generic drugs, all these most…

I personally have worked on terrorism insurance for a year now. To have them, the Business Roundtable and the American Insurance Association, run an ad blaming the Democrats for not having terrorism insurance is despicable. They should be…

I hope before the day ends we can pass this very important piece of legislation. I know there are things in here which are important to the people of Nevada and to the rest of the country. I think the committee should be commended for…

I want printed in the Record this statement from this e-mail, the title of which is ``Urgent: Effectively defending our homeland at stake.'' This was sent out today. It quotes the President of the United States, George W. Bush. It says…

It appears to me, as I said earlier today, we have had so many code words. This is a filibuster. We were told yesterday there were 30 speakers on this amendment. Realistically, what amendment ever had 30 speakers? There won't be 30…

We have been on homeland security for the 4th week. I was told yesterday they had 30 people who wanted to speak on this amendment. As I mentioned earlier this morning, that is a code ward for 'filibuster.' Is it not unusual that a…

One reason is the associations we develop with our fellow Senators. One of the things I haven't had a chance to say publicly, or even privately, to the Senator from Kentucky is how much I enjoy serving with him. As a boy, I used to listen…

The debate over this labor issue is one that we should have, and it has nothing to do with patriotism. Wouldn't you agree a debate on labor-management relations is something we should have, and it has nothing to do with patriotism?

Did the Senator hear the statement of the Presidential pollster, and also that of Karl Rove? And did the Senator hear, as I did, the direct quotes that they wanted a strategy for the campaigns that dealt with the war? Did the Senator hear…

But my point is that the process has been going on for 215 years. The House does its work; the Senate does its work. We go to conference. There you work out differences. It is my understanding they are not letting us pass bills because…

And maybe if the President made a good case in conference, we would come back with less than $9 billion over the OMB; is that right?

If someone came to the floor and said: The reason we can't pass appropriations bills is because we haven't passed a budget, would it be a fair statement to say that is without basis in fact? I should say, we don't have a budget, but as far…

So all the Senate bills we passed were not budget busters; is that a fair statement?

I ask my friend from Illinois, is it true, when you returned to Illinois, people were asking about things other than Iraq?

I would like to--we do not do this nearly often enough--extend our appreciation, that of the Senate, to the staff. This reading that I have done in the last few minutes has taken hours to accomplish. This is probably the 15th time they…

Nobody is stopping them from having a vote on their amendment. Who says their amendment is not germane?

Well, Mr. President, we have spent days here. People are blaming Senator Byrd for slowing things down. All anyone has to do, when Senator Byrd sits down, is move to table his amendment, or what is going on at the time. There has been…

What the Senator said is we can focus on Iraq and that there are many issues the President can help us on: Getting appropriations bills passed in the House would help us; doing something on election reform--we had another debacle in…

Patients' Bill of Rights. There are so many issues with which we need to deal in the Congress that the President can help us with if we were not on the one track of Iraq. It seems to me--and one can read about this in the editorial pages…

Has the Senator heard coming from the White House during the past 2 months, 3 months, a single word about education?

Las Vegas, Clark County, has the sixth largest school district in America. About 250,000 students go to school in the Las Vegas area in one school district.

I also heard the Senator from North Dakota speak this morning. It appears that I am hearing the fact that we can talk about Iraq and, at the same time, we can deal with some of these economic issues with this staggering economy. Is that…

I didn't mean to say that anybody speaking on the amendment is a waste of time. I meant to say there is no need to be speaking unnecessarily when we can do other things. If the Senator or people who oppose his amendment want to speak, that…