Harry Reid

I ask my friend, is this the same bill that when the IRS is proven to have done something wrong, the person who is wronged can collect attorney's fees from the Internal Revenue Service?

I ask my friend, is that the same bill that passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 424 to 4?

Funding is available under this bill for DOE in the Acceleration Demonstration of Federally Sponsored Research for Renewable Energy Production and Environmental Remediation programs account that can be awarded for commercialization of…

But I have to say that in picking seven relatively small projects out of a $21 billion bill I think the Senator from New Mexico and I in managing this bill did a pretty good job. This bill provides many different things. Let's take, for…

Absolutely not; because as you know--maybe the Senator from Arkansas didn't understand my answer. Maybe he did not want to understand the answer. The fact is, as I have explained, the area of land where they have the lease and are paying…

I thought there was an acknowledgment here in the Senate that it did violate the Constitution.

I am grateful for the work by so many to reach conclusion on this most important appropriation bill. Senator Domenici has been a real partner and I appreciate his openness with me and my staff. Alex Flint and David Gwaltney have been easy…

I believe that we as a legislative branch of Government have an obligation to make independent decisions separate and apart from the administration. I do not feel I have any obligation to follow what the bureaucrats say we should…

Yes. I recognize how important the development of a strong domestic renewable fuels industry is to the Senator. Moreover, I agree that the work of CPBR has been very useful in developing new and more efficient ways to convert plant…

I join the chairman of the Subcommittee in this regard. I will work with him and our House colleagues in conference to ensure that any reduction in the Office of General Counsel is fair.

For example, at Lawrence Livermore, I spent some time with a Dr. Campbell, who is one of the leading experts in the world on lasers. Lasers were invented in 1917 by Albert Einstein. It took scientists 43 years, and it was finally proven at…

While we are waiting for amendments to come, I will also ask the Senator, I was struck after having become the ranking member of the committee going to one of the national laboratories not in your State--I want to make sure everybody…

The work we are doing in Lawrence Livermore in California is mind-boggling work done there. I ask the Senator, what would the state of scientific research be in our country today if it were not for the national laboratories?

I want everyone to hear, including the senior Senator from West Virginia. If we don't get a change in the process by next year I am going to object to everything. This is a ridiculous process. I don't think it is good for the system and I…

The policy issued on February 19, 1997, by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service implementing emergency provisions of the Endangered Species Act and applying to 46 California counties that were declared Federal disaster areas shall…

I will also state that the Physicians for Social Responsibility, a group consisting of 16,000 American physicians, oppose this legislation. We have a letter from their executive director, Dr. Musil, who says to every Senator: We…

In short, S. 104 is bad policy. As I have indicated with this amendment, what is being done is a further attempt to worsen this bill. S. 104 is an environmental nightmare. It is a financial and public safety threat to America. Is it any…

I ask my friend. On the maps that he has on the chart to his left, contemplate with me, if he will, where he thinks the 50 accidents will be.

I also ask my friend. Then, if it has been established that there would be 2,400 shipments and that we would have 7 accidents, a little math indicates to me that there would be about 50 accidents if the same ratio is maintained hauling…

That is right. Although after S. 104, not only would you have the additional site near Las Vegas, but in addition to that you would have a significant number of other temporary sites caused because of accidents, traffic jams, and protests…

Absolutely right. In preparation for a permanent repository. And that is why I say to my friend from Nevada and everyone else, this is not a Nevada-only issue. We are here espousing what we feel is appropriate to protect the State of…

If they decided to leave it in the cooling ponds, whatever the cost of that would be during that interim period of time for the storage ponds. If they decide to do the right thing, which is probably dry cask storage containment, then it…

I would answer my friend's question. We have made, since this bill came up, we have made $21 billion for the country. The figure was originally $80 billion. You heard the remarks of the proponents of this legislation. They said it is down…

Absolutely. And the court, in making its decision, like many courts do, said let us send this back and take a look at what the contractual provisions are. And the contractual provisions are very direct and concise. This is not going to…

I say in further questioning of my friend, if in fact this substitute, this bill that we are working under now, has all of the protections that we have heard about here for the last several days-- that they are going to train people and…