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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.
We have before us the small business bill we have worked on so hard. As I went through the bill today, virtually every provision in this is bipartisan, except some are strictly Republicans with no Democrats involved. It expands access to…
on Thursday night, we had a successful vote on the small business jobs bill. It was an amendment that had been worked on for more than a week by Senator Landrieu and many others, including Members on the other side of the aisle. We were…
I am terribly disappointed, Mr. President. We have tried our utmost to be fair and reasonable, but it is obvious there is no effort here to solve the problem with small business across this country. The spending caps in the Sessions…
the Select Committee on Intelligence has received a request from the Department of Justice for records, created by the committee in the course of its oversight work, pertinent to a pending investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of…
I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 3663 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…
Mr. President, my friend the Republican leader talked about a number of things in his presentation, all the time making remarks such as ``reading the bill caused unrestrained laughter.'' Well, 85 percent of the American people support this…
today I rise to honor Sister Rosemary Lynch for her lifetime of promoting peace throughout Nevada, the United States, and the entire world. Sister Lynch recently celebrated her 93rd birthday, and I am pleased to recognize her life and…
Republicans today will continue to look for a way forward on the small business bill. This is an opportunity to deliver some real relief to small businesses struggling to dig themselves out of the recession. Ultimately, Democrats seem to…
I have just learned of the loss of one of my dear friends. He was an orphan. He was a stellar athlete. He came to Las Vegas to be a schoolteacher, but he had such a dynamic personality that soon they learned in that rapidly growing school…
I think it is fair to the Senator from Arkansas that there is an understanding that an amendment that passed this body at least 6 months ago, that was bipartisan in nature, that gave emergency funding for a number of States because of…
the power of our democratic system is that everyone has a voice. The responsibility of that system is that once the votes are cast and counted, everyone must then accept and abide by the outcome. I deeply regret that too many of my…
I wish to express my appreciation for everyone's patience to get to the point where we are. Especially, I wish to express my appreciation to Senator Landrieu, who has worked tirelessly since Friday coming up with this. I support what she…
some believe that if you say something long enough, even if it is without any factual basis, people will start believing it. To think that banks--Wall Street--liked Wall Street reform is a stretch beyond our ability to comprehend. We…
Senator Harkin has been the face of the Americans with Disabilities Act for many years. He has worked so hard. He has done many things in this Capitol complex dealing with the people with disabilities. For example, the closed captioning…
Whereas the 2010 Special Olympics USA National Games will be held in Lincoln, Nebraska, from July 18 to July 23, 2010; Whereas nearly 4,000 athletes and coaches from 49 State delegations will participate in the Games; Whereas approximately…
when millions of Americans lost their jobs, they did not just lose a place to go to work in the morning; they lost their incomes, their savings, and their retirement security. They lost their tuition payments. Many lost their homes. They…
the Wall Street earthquake that sent shock waves around the world has not hit anywhere as hard as it hit Nevada. You can draw a straight line from unchecked greed on Wall Street to the collapse of the housing market on Main Streets…
as I have said before, this legislation is bipartisan. Most of the bill has been crafted in the past when Senator Snowe was chairman of the Small Business Committee. I am glad to hear my friend Senator Snowe has had a conversation with the…
today I hope we can return to the small business jobs bill. I am confident amendments should already have been exchanged. We are in a difficult situation. It is a tax bill. We can go back and look through many Congresses in the past…
This piece of legislation is really a masterpiece. To think that we have been able to get as far as we have... this is an extremely fine piece of legislation, which it is. I have been around not as long as my friend from Connecticut in the…
I welcome back my colleagues and hope they are as eager to get to work as I am. During the week I spent in Nevada, I saw again how desperate our unemployment situation has become. As I talked to Nevadans, I heard over and over how they…
with 100,000 troops fighting on the front lines of our battle against terrorists in Afghanistan, the stakes could not be higher. That's why I was pleased that President Obama chose a proven leader for our forces in Afghanistan in GEN David…
reserving the right to object, my friend the Republican leader knows full well that everything in the so-called extenders package was paid for. It was paid for because it was the right thing to do. We, as a Congress--Democrats and…
in jest, I said to my Republican friends that I had kind of practiced this because we hadn't filled up the tree much at all. I say that seriously. We have had an open process here. You can compare it to what went on in the previous…
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