Harry Reid

I say to my friend, the majority leader, while we are working on PNTR, I would hope that there is a concerted effort to get more money to solve the funding cap. We could work out a lot of these in conference. That is what we are waiting to…

I thank the Senators from Georgia. I share your concern for the funding of this important project, and I assure you that I will give this project due consideration in conference with the House. Should additional funds become available, as…

The cause of this problem needs to be determined and the Corps needs to include causation as a part of this study. I assure the Senator that we will interpret the study to include a causation analysis.

I understand that this matter is of great importance to the Senator from Michigan and the people he represents. I can assure my friend that I will attempt to provide that funding in Conference.

I think it would be very unwise for Chairman Arafat to move unilaterally on establishing statehood. I hope he will sit back and look at the great loss that will take place if an agreement is not reached at this time. I commend and applaud…

I hope we can get a bill that we can send to the President, recognizing that it is a bill that he will sign. I hope we can do that. We have a commitment from the chairman of the full committee, Senator Stevens, that he will work with us…

I also ask if it is the chairman's intention to join with me in requesting that the General Accounting Office conduct a study on the effects that the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act has had, and that the Religious Land Use and…

The story of Adriana is one of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of stories of unfairness faced by people in this country. We in America pride ourselves on being fair. This is unfair. What we are doing to these people is un-American…

Today is a day of solemnity in the Senate. We are going to swear in a new Senator as a result of the death of one of our colleagues. It is a day of reflection for all of us. Speaking for myself, and I am sure the Senator from Florida…

If I could ask my friend one more question, this is not a question of the Democrats being opposed to the marriage penalty tax relief; is that true?

I have here from the Joint Committee on Taxation, ``Estimated Revenue Effects of Modification to the Chairman's Mark of the Marriage Tax Relief Act of 2000.'' This we received from the Joint Committee. It says the net total impact of this…

The amendment I offered on behalf of Senator Boxer would limit the use of dangerous pesticides in our national parks. In particular, it prohibits the routine use of highly toxic pesticides--those containing known or probable carcinogens…

I hope next year we can work together in a bipartisan fashion to increase significantly the funding for our National Park System. The living conditions our park rangers have to put up with in our national parks is a disgrace. My colleague…

I want to talk about Senator Carl Levin, the ranking member for the Democrats on the very important defense committee of this Congress. The Democrats could not be more proud of any Senator than we are of Carl Levin. We are so comfortable…

My stay here in the Senate has been a great experience, but that experience has been heightened every day because of Senator Moynihan. I loved when I was going to school, but being around Senator Moynihan is even better because it is like…

Not only is he proud of his family, but certainly they should be proud of him. He has rendered great service to the State of Pennsylvania and to this country. Even though we are in a real quandary for time here, every word he said I…

Had we not been able to complete what we refer to as the ``spaghetti bowl,'' the highway would be locked down for not only the people who permanently live there, but it is on the freeway carrying people all over this country. I-15 is one…

Montana is a very large State. It is a huge State. It is bigger than Nevada. But in addition to Montana being a very large State, we have States such as Nevada which are growing very rapidly. For example, we have one project which is the…

The one thing that we haven't discussed at length regarding this amendment is that it would cause unemployment in the country.

If I could bring everyone back to reality, the problem of the day--not next week or the week after--is that we have about 122 hours of debate time, excluding voting, and the leader indicated he wants to do that today. So that means about…

I say to my friend, this bill may not be around very long. This may be the only opportunity to offer these amendments because the two leaders have outlined a tremendously difficult legislative program in the next 2 rac{1}{2} weeks. This…

I think in the same breath we mention the Senator from Wisconsin, it is fair to also talk about a real lone ranger, for lack of a better description, on the other side. That is the Senator from Arizona, John McCain, who has stood shoulder…

I want to ask two additional questions on the Senator's time. First of all, is the Senator aware that this matter now before the Senate has not had 1 minute of hearings in the Senate before the Finance Committee, the committee of…

In the State of Nevada, we have about 2 million people. The last Senate election I was involved in, less than 2 years ago, in the small State of Nevada, in which at that time there weren't 2 million people, the two candidates, the…

Again, I hope the Senator from Wisconsin understands the great contribution he has made to the Senate, to the State of Wisconsin, and the American people for not letting this issue die.