Harry Reid

I also ask my friend, is it not true that the Congress, in good faith, has appropriated these moneys, and now they are being held up by the administration?

I congratulate, commend, and applaud the Senator from New Mexico for bringing to the Senate's attention something that has been going on now for several years; that is, the inability of the United Nations to help poor women around the…

I ask my friend two questions. The first is on pension reform. The Senator is the leader of a task force appointed by the majority leader. I acknowledge the fine job he has done. Would the Senator indicate if it is true that a lot of…

Let me ask the Senator from New Mexico, the chairman of the task force, it is true, is it not, that one of the things you are working on is legislation in conjunction with the committees of jurisdiction to make sure that in the future when…

Would the Senator also acknowledge what people are saying, that it seems so unfair that people who were working at Enron, who weren't so-called bosses, wound up with very little, whereas the bosses, the corporate leaders, ended up with…

I mention that because I came here when we did not have many women Senators. It adds such a bright light to the Senate to have these strong, good, women serving the country. One out of every five Democrats in the Senate is a woman. That is…

I hope all Members listened closely to the Senator from Rhode Island. He certainly is qualified by virtue of his service in the Congress, but mostly by virtue of his service in the U.S. Army. The Senator from Rhode Island is the only…

Why would someone not want this Congress to have budget discipline? Why would someone want freewheeling spending, spend anything you can; why would someone want that?

I say that someone who served in the military enough years to retire and is disabled deserves both pensions. We can talk about time of service and all that. I do not think that is any different from someone who was disabled in the military…

I received two poems written by a constituent of mine, Ira Somers from Nevada, about the terrorist attacks of September 11. Reading these poems, I was reminded of the country's great sorrow following that tragic day and the ensuing…

I certainly support the majority leader filing a motion to invoke cloture, and in the future, when people are not serious about offering amendments to legislation, then he should do so again. We have been very patient waiting for people to…

I think the chairman and ranking member would like to do this separate and apart from this bill. This way, we can send a freestanding bill to the House so they can work on this issue, and it will not be tied up in this legislation.

If the Senator wants a vote, we can and should have a vote. It is my understanding Senator Hatch and Senator Leahy have worked out a substitute. It will be passage of S. 1770, the Terrorist Bombing Convention Implementation Act of 2001.

I think maybe there is one thing these people who own all this stuff have missed, and that is the parking lots.

I don't mean to denigrate, but I cannot come up with another word other than ``quibbling.'' We are talking about billions of dollars that is gone--like that--and here we are talking about programs that Senators Byrd and Stevens worked on…

Is it not true, I say to my friend, that of those moneys that were increased, there was a billion for first responder programs? I say to my friend, I heard on public radio this morning a long piece on how State and local government is…

We passed Friday, about 1 a.m., a supplemental appropriations bill. I have heard statements all day from the other side of the aisle about this supplemental appropriation and how it contains big spending. I direct the Senator's attention…

After having done that on a bipartisan basis, unanimously out of the Committee on Appropriations, is the Senator aware that figure was increased by about $3 billion?

I have said publicly and, of course, privately that I think the Senator from North Dakota really has a grasp on numbers. The Senator is aware, is he not, that about a year ago at this time, it was approximately a $4.7 trillion surplus over…

This legislation, which is commonly referred to as the hate crimes bill, has that name because that is what it is about. It is about people with hatred doing criminal acts. Senate consideration of this legislation is much needed and is…

He would have gone to the wall. I am disappointed that Senator Domenici is not going to be given an opportunity. I will be happy to work with him in the future, I think as well as everybody in the Senate. I do not think there was anything…

I believe Senator Domenici's cause is just, but the rules of the Senate are going to knock this out.

So people talk about this not being an emergency. It is not deemed to be an emergency in this bill, it is fully paid for; is that right?

I can say for this Senator, I appreciate the House putting it in the bill. I appreciate Senator Byrd and Senator Stevens having it in the bill before us because I think to remove this legislation is such a wrong way to go. If we are…

Any kind of a suicide bomber, a car bomb would cause a conflagration that would be untoward if these products were ever involved.