Harry Reid

I am pleased to present Ronald H. Weich as the nominee for Assistant Attorney General.

He's the best person to help reform health care

Despite all of this, Tom Daschle will be confirmed as Barack Obama's HHS secretary

If Judd Gregg resigns from the Senate, you have got 59 Senate Democrats right now. All of a sudden, if that governor appoints another Democratic, you have got the magic number of 60 Senate Democrats, enough to break filibusters, to put off…

Not one member of the GOP voted for it in the House.

I think that, you know, he was caught holding the ball. And I don't think he handled it well in the beginning.

I think we will get the necessary votes, yes. I feel very confident about that.

What a sad but happy day it is to have that letter read before the world. Joe Biden, from the day I came to the Senate, was the most gracious, helpful person one could imagine. Having chosen him speaks volumes about Barack Obama. We will…

(the) President-elect reiterated his promise to work with me to prevent the dump from ever being built. The first step is to make even deeper budget cuts this year than I have already been able to make in the past. Yucca Mountain was a…

We have made unprecedented investments in clean, renewable energy and new, green jobs that can never be outsourced.

I think Caroline Kennedy would be perfect.

We have a lot of stars from New York, Bobby Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, I mean Caroline Kennedy would be perfect.

Everyone should understand this vote is over tonight. I don't think we're going to get 60 votes. It's over with. I dread, Mr. President, I dread looking at Wall Street tomorrow. It's not going to be a pleasant sight.

Consider using the TARP money to help the auto industry and the workers of this country.

Everyone should understand -- this vote is over tonight. I don't think we're going to get 60 votes, it's over with. I dread, Mr. President, I dread looking at Wall Street tomorrow.

It will provide funds to see the auto companies through to the end of the first quarter of next year. But this is no blank check or blind hope.

We'll provide funds to see the auto companies through to the end of the first quarter of next year. But this is no blank check or blind hope.

A loan package for the Big Three car makers, using money from the $700 billion bailout fund, simply would not pass if the votes were held today.

What kind of a message do we send to the American people by having a bunch of failed votes here?

Yes, we are kicking the can down the road, because that will give us the opportunity to do something positive. But that will only happen if they get their act together.

Yes, we're kicking the can down the road because that will give us the opportunity to do something positive but that will only happen if they get their act together.

I know it wasn't planned but these guys flying in their big corporate jets doesn't send a good message to people in searchlight Nevada, or Las Vegas or Reno or any place in this country.

Harry Reid now wants to take of the vote next week on emergency loans to the big three automakers as part of the government rescue plan.

Harry Reid now wants to take the -- a vote next week on emergency loans to the big three automakers as part of the government rescue plan.

I would suggest anyone at that meeting that tried to understand what John McCain said at the meeting couldn't. He was the last person to speak at the meeting, talked for a couple of minutes, and really didn't say anything substantive.