Harry Reid

I say to my friend, doesn't it seem logical and sensible to the Senator from Iowa that with all the deaths in schools related to guns, on an education bill we should have a conversation about gun safety in schools?

But now the progress that has been made is unbelievable. What I tried to say--and the Senator from Iowa described it better than I--the same is going to apply to medicine. Ten years from now, people will think this conversation of ours was…

I say to my friend from Iowa--I did not do a very good job of describing it--had someone told Senator Harkin and I 10 years ago what is now possible with the Internet through computers, we would not have believed it. We simply would not…

I hope we can move this bill along quicker. There are lots of amendments. I think the Senator has already talked to the Appropriations Committee, and we would agree to getting a list of who wants to offer amendments so we have a finite…

We have been able to complete, under great difficulty, five appropriations bills. They have had hundreds of amendments. We have been able to finish those bills. I suggest the best thing to do, as I think the leader has already said he is…

I say to my friend, we have done a pretty good job on our side of the aisle. We literally only have a handful of amendments left. I think you should spend more time urging Members on your side of the aisle. We only have one amendment that…

We now have 61 amendments not subjected to rule XVI, 25 Democrat, 36 Republican amendments. We want to make sure the majority understands we will do everything we can to cooperate with the majority. We would like to move this bill along as…

The amendment which I will offer shortly deals with a very unique situation. We certainly control the building of computers in the United States. We are the great superpower. We are also the superpower of computer development. But in spite…

The letter was very moving, about what the whole family has gone through as a result of this incident. It affected the life of not only the admiral but his entire family. I also extend my appreciation to the Senators who have been so…

I only say to my friend, we are all aware of the work the Senator has done and the love the Senator has for the military, having been one of our Secretaries. Yesterday was a very moving day, to see our President pro tempore step down here…

I look forward to this period of time prior to the July 4 recess, as does the entire minority. We are hopeful we can make progress on the appropriations bills, which certainly need to be accomplished. Also, I hope there will be an…

My friend from Alabama said if there was an accident it would not be nearly as bad as a chemical accident, a trainload of chemicals compared to a trainload of nuclear waste because the container would not breach. I do not know where my…

I say to my friend I very much appreciate that. But I remind the Senator that the underlying bill skipped the committee process and came directly to the floor. I believe we should do as much as we can in the committee process. But the bill…

I apologize to the Senator. Maybe he didn't understand me. I didn't speak properly. What I should have said is, the legislation we spent a lot of time on this week--namely, the gas tax proposal--avoided the committee process.

The example my friend, the majority leader, used is the budget bill where we had all these amendments. I say, first of all, that is not substantive in nature. The President has no right to veto that bill. The amendments are basically set…

Is the Senator aware of the article that ran in the Washington Post 8 or 9 days ago, and then ran all over the country, indicating that the Federal income tax now is at a 40 to 50-year low?

Historically, my friend from Illinois talked about what has happened since Bush was no longer President and how the deficit came down. From where did this huge national debt of $5 trillion come?

I believe that Bill Clinton will be one of those people. We have a Presidential election coming up soon.

Here is another statement from August 6, 1993: ``I believe that hundreds of thousands of people are going to lose their jobs as a result of this program.'' He is speaking of the Clinton deficit reduction plan.

I quoted the chairman of the Banking Committee, Phil Gramm of Texas, where he says, verbatim, among other things, on August 5 in the Congressional Record: The deficit 4 years from today will be higher than it is today and not lower. Does…

Clark County, where Las Vegas is located, must build one school a month to keep up with its growth.

Senator Johnson, the sponsor of the amendment, has worked with the majority. They have worked something out that is to the satisfaction of Senator Johnson. This was his amendment. He believes the second-degree strengthens the amendment and…

I have to say, the Senator from Virginia fills what I think a Senator should be. If there were ever a gentleman Senator, the Senator from Virginia fits that bill. I have the greatest admiration for the way the Senator from Virginia handles…

For the minority, we are grateful that we are now at a point where we can move forward on the FAA bill. It has been held up for a long time. It is very important to the country, and hopefully by the end of the day we will have the…

The Senator has not mentioned the Fifth, Second, and Seventh Circuits which also were 100 percent reversed.