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Harry Reid is a former United States Senator from Nevada, serving from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Reid held the position of Senate Majority Leader from 2007 to 2015, making him one of the most powerful figures in the Senate during his tenure. He was known for his leadership on various issues, including healthcare reform and economic recovery efforts following the 2008 financial crisis. Reid played a significant role in passing the Affordable Care Act and was a strong advocate for renewable energy and land conservation in Nevada.
You have talked about the private growth in our economy. Will the Senator agree that we have a smaller Federal work force now than we had during the years of President John F. Kennedy? Federal jobs have been cut back significantly; is that…
Can I ask one final question? And that is, I think the Senator from North Dakota would agree that even though the last 4 years have been remarkable in driving down the annual deficit, I think we would all acknowledge we are working toward…
I also ask the Senator from North Dakota, in looking at the chart as I came into the Chamber, it appears to me that the deficit is only one-third of what it was at the height of the Reagan deficits.
It is true, is it not, I say to the Senator from North Dakota, that 4 years in a row of declining deficits, the last time that happened was in the 1840's--that is 1840's--prior to the Civil War; is that true?
Maybe there are those who wish that there were impropriety. There was not any. The people referred to by my friend from Utah were not indicted. There has never been any hint of any in this case, in the prosecution, of impropriety. He…
I say to my friend from Utah, and he is my friend from the neighboring State of Utah, that the prosecution memo sets forth facts in the case. We are entitled in this body to have facts in the case. We have heard a lot of facts over these…
While both leaders are here, I want them to understand that, speaking for this Senator, Senator Levin and Senator Biden, we do not intend to hold this bill up because of the amendment we have offered. However, if we do not get a vote on…
Take clean water. The reason the Clean Water Act was initiated is because the Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire, not once, but three times. After the third fire, people around the country started saying, ``Maybe we should do something…
I respond to my friend from California that most of this legislation began during the period of Richard Nixon.
Will the Senator inform me and the rest of the Senate where the 150 miles an hour information comes from?
I want to personally extend my appreciation to our leader, who spent a great deal of time with the majority leader trying to work this out. I think it shows good faith that we are trying to move things over here. We feel comfortable with…
I say to my friend from Alaska, it appears to me that we are criticizing the wrong people here. If, in fact, there is such an urge to go forward with this legislation, and much other legislation, it would seem to me it would be the right…
I would only say in addition to what my friend from Nevada said, we, we believe, are not only protecting the rights of the people of the State of Nevada, but there are going to be tens of thousands of tons of nuclear waste transported on…
I wrote the first taxpayer bill of rights that passed. I authored that. It was through the good offices of a member of the Finance Committee, Senator Pryor, and his diligent work that it passed. So I am very happy that the taxpayer bill of…
The Senator is correct. The answer is yes. As the Senator from North Dakota, in questions to this Senator earlier in the day asked, is there any reason for that? No. There is no scientific basis. There is no scientific theory. There are…
In Nevada they are saying, ``We're going to pour this cement pad and dump this out. If it leads to 100 millirems exposure, that is OK.''
I remember very clearly that plea for mercy. ``We have to do it or we can't survive.'' The Senator is absolutely right. They said there would be parts of the United States that would have no power, there would be brownouts. Of course…
I feel very confident in stating that the board knows--I am talking about the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board-- that of the more than 100 operating nuclear power reactors at 75 sites in 34 States, 23 will require additional storage…
Yes. But that is when they start moving. That is when they declare the site scientifically safe.
I do not like the permanent repository in Nevada. It is unpopular. Any place Senator Bryan or Senator Reid goes in the State of Nevada, the seventh-largest State in America, any place we go, whether it is in Elko in northern Nevada, in the…
I know one Senator from North Dakota who does well in math. But we have 43 States, and they are at risk because of the truckloads--Arizona, 6,173 truckloads of nuclear waste; 783 trainloads of nuclear waste. We would go through the list…
The board sees no compelling technical or safety reason to move the spent fuel to a centralized storage facility.
You are one of the seven. You are very fortunate. But North Dakota is located in the perimeter of this State. As we have learned, North Dakota produces a lot of things. But one thing it produces is very good students. We have heard Senator…
The Nuclear Waste Technical Reviewing Board clearly stated: The board sees no compelling technical or safety reason to move spent fuel to a centralized storage facility for the next few years. This a statement they just made: The methods…
That is a debatable issue. There are some who say that the ratepayers should continue and it should not be appropriated money of the United States. But there are others who are saying we are going to sue you, the Federal Government…
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