Harry Reid

Based upon the Senator's experience as Governor of the State of Nevada and as its chief legal officer, the Attorney General of the State of Nevada, and based upon other legal experiences, does the Senator from Nevada think it is an…

And the chief function was to handle the legal questions that came to the State of Nevada.

As to the present state of the law, I ask the Senator, what does it say about whether or not you can locate a permanent repository and a temporary repository in the same State?

Would the Senator agree that President Clinton would be better off politically if he had gone along with the majority?

As we indicated yesterday, this matter is on the floor for one reason and one reason only. That is the nuclear power industry. That is the reason we are here. There is no other reason. The fact of the matter is that the situation here is…

I also ask my friend, the Democratic leader, is it not true that inflation and unemployment have been at a 40-year low, and economic growth is at a 40-year high, and we have 300,000 fewer Federal employees than we had 4 years ago?

I ask the Democratic leader, is it not true that last year was the fourth year in a row in which we had a declining deficit, and the first time in a row since before the Civil War?

Even if they were, with the standards they have now been able to establish, it would be unsafe to transport them.

I ask my friend another question. Eminent scientists have said S. 104 is bad. You agree?

Can you think of a single environmental organization in the world--well, let us limit it to the United States. Can you think of a single environmental organization, for-profit or nonprofit, that supports this legislation?

I would also say to my friend, and ask his response to this-- would you agree with the board, the technical review board, that one of the most important things to do, as it relates to nuclear waste, is have public confidence?

While my friend was coming to the floor, I made an analogy. Willie Sutton, probably the most famous bank robber of all time, after he was apprehended and in jail, was interviewed, and they said--I do not know if they called him ``Willie''…

It is unfair to balance the budget the easy way, and that is to use these huge Social Security surpluses that we have had in the past and that we will have in the near future to offset the deficit. It is not fair.

The issue on the balanced budget amendment is quite narrow. The issue is whether or not we should balance the budget using the Social Security surplus. I say no. I say if we are going to balance the budget, we should do it the right way…

The fact of the matter is, Social Security Trust Fund moneys are put, supposedly, into a trust fund to be used for people's retirement, not to make the deficit look smaller.

It seems around here that we handle people's trust accounts, the taxpayers' trust accounts in a very cavalier fashion. Today I want to talk about one of those trust funds. I want to talk about the highway trust fund.

I have served in public office since 1964. My first public office was 33 years ago. During that period of time I have had the good fortune to serve with great men and women, but I can honestly say I have never served with the likes of…

I would say to my friend, in closing, we have heard a discussion here this afternoon about the economy and how the glass is half full rather than half empty. I have heard on the Senate floor, over the past month or so, the same type of…

As a result of the Clinton economic plan, in Nevada nine times more Nevada families received a tax cut than an increase. It happened all over the United States. In addition to that, businesses got tax breaks in the Clinton plan of 1993. In…

I say also the document about which we speak today is not something that was prepared by the Democratic National Committee, or the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. This came from the Census Bureau. These are facts. And as the…

But think how much better the economy would be if we were not having to pay the interest on the debt that accumulated during principally the Reagan and Bush years. I mean we would have no deficit. Will the Senator acknowledge that?

Last night, late at the White House, I was given this, and I sat there alone looking at one page and almost cried... the glass is half full. It is not half empty. The American people deserve to hear this good news.

In Nevada, we have had new business incorporations increase by 14 percent--that is big for any State--but 14 percent during the 4-year period of time. This is in the State of Nevada, not nationally, but the State of Nevada.

I say to my friend, the senior Senator from North Dakota, that you have made an interesting and I think a compelling case how things have improved during the past 4 years, from lower Federal employment, to higher private-sector employment…

But let me ask you if you know that in Nevada, there are 2 times as many new private-sector jobs per year than during the previous 4 years? That is a tremendous increase.