Harry Reid

I did not know Herman Talmadge, but when I arrived here in Washington his reputation was evident. Even though what we are doing tonight is somewhat perfunctory, it should not take away from the many great deeds this man did for the State…

We want to have votes on substantive matters. We do not want to, on the day before the recess, have make-do votes. We are going to have something that is meaningful.

Just a few miles out of Las Vegas--I explained this to the Senator, and I want to see if he remembers this--we are going to build a wind site at the Nevada Test Site. We have permission from DOE to do that. Within 2 rac{1}{2} years, that…

Is it pretty fair to state it is very difficult for us to produce our way out of the problem we have with petroleum products?

The Senator is aware, I am sure, that out of all the petroleum reserves in the world, the United States has 3 percent, and the rest of the world has 97 percent. Is the Senator aware of that?

Of course. That is why I came to the Chamber, because the Senator is making a lot of sense. I feel so desperate to get something that helps the American consumer when we finish this energy bill, which we have been talking about for so…

So I say to my friend, I do not personally know how we are going to produce our way out of this situation. We are not going to do it by drilling in ANWR. So when this legislation is ended, we are going to get nothing out of ANWR, and we…

Also, there is an effort here where some think we can produce our way out of the energy crisis in which we find ourselves. Does the Senator acknowledge, out of the worldwide reserves of petroleum, the United States has 3 percent, including…

Does my friend agree that on this energy bill yesterday he and I were terribly disappointed because we had the opportunity to do something about consumption in this country, to cut the amount of fossil fuels we use, by making our…

I want to confirm that acceptance of this amendment does not create any opportunity to discuss nuclear waste issues in conference.

If the Senator will yield, Senator Daschle and Senator Lott met today with some of us, and it is believed that the campaign finance matter can be resolved in as little as 3 hours, to complete everything within that period of time, and send…

I have no question that Price-Anderson gives the nuclear generators a subsidy and an unfair advantage. First of all, the GAO said there are 292 scientific investigative reports for which the Department of Energy is waiting. It wasn't time…

In fact, we had just one hearing where we had 15 witnesses, including the Governor of Alaska, the State Senators from Alaska. We had people from Exxon and BP. Senator Murkowski told us how important this is to them. We have had 15 people…

Before my two dear friends leave--and perhaps they are not leaving--I would like to have the opportunity to clear the record on a few things. First, my friend from Oklahoma, for whom I have the greatest respect, talked about a number of…

Before the Senator from Connecticut leaves, I say to him I have been involved in the legislative process a long time at a State level and in Congress. The Senator from Connecticut has been in the Congress longer than I, but I have been…

I also say to my friend, I had such a pleasant time about half an hour ago. I went back to Room 219 and saw Grace Dodd, his beautiful 6-month-old baby. As I said to Jackye, your lovely wife: She is a real person, little Grace. And I bet…

I, personally, as I stated earlier today, when I was in the State legislature, introduced legislation to make life without the possibility of parole mean what it says; that if you are sentenced to life without the possibility of parole…

The most fundamental premise of democracy--and that is one of the reasons we have this legislation before the Senate--is that every vote counts. The reality is that votes cast in wealthier parts of the country frequently count more than…

Let me briefly say, personally this is a day of celebration for me based upon the fact when I first came down here, campaign finance laws were such that the only money people were able to obtain was the money they would get from…

I look forward to the debate we are going to have on ANWR and a number of other issues on this energy bill, which is going to come up next week. Energy policy is so important to this country. While there are divergent views on what that…

I am confident that Senator Gramm of Texas and Senator Durbin will work this out. They have already agreed. You always have to be careful when people start putting things in writing; there could be a problem. I say to the distinguished…

There are a lot of amendments that we offered and the minority offered that are good amendments. Being realistic, we spent all day yesterday talking about the estate tax, making the repeal permanent, which does not take place for 10 years…

The last question I ask my friend is this: Doesn't it seem we should be spending time on the tens of thousands of people in Minnesota who are out of work, or are no longer looking for work, or those people who are underemployed? Wouldn't…

Will the Senator respond to one more question? The minority all afternoon has said they want to vote on the package that came from the House. They said it can get more than 50 votes. Is the Senator from Minnesota aware that just in recent…

So 636 people paid estate tax. How many people would you estimate are now unemployed in the State of Minnesota?