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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.
I listened intently to the prayer of the rabbi. I was really concerned during the first part of it because he said you only have so many words and then you are all through. But he went on to better explain that, which we surely appreciate…
What we would like to do--we certainly will work with the distinguished Republican leader at a later time. I don't think Senators Shelby and Dodd want energy to be part of this bill. If we can get 60 votes on it, we will be happy to stick…
Does the Senator acknowledge that with diseases such as interstitial fasciitis, more than 90 percent of the people who have that disease are women? Women-related diseases have not gotten the attention they deserve, and one reason is…
I say to my friend, I am not aware of the thousands of studies. I am aware of the need to move forward with this legislation. I would say to my friend, if, in fact, there are thousands--and I don't in any way doubt the word of my…
It has taken a long time to get where we are now. I express my appreciation to Senator Kennedy and Senator Enzi and others who worked very hard on this. We have said it before, but you can't say it enough: Senator Kennedy and Senator Enzi…
I say to my friend, we should go on the bill. If people don't like that, offer an amendment, and we will debate that, vote on it, and go about our way. Some of us feel very strongly about these Filipino veterans, as you know. They fought…
This farm bill has been extended for a short period of time. The conferees have worked extremely hard. I hope we can get the conference report to us early next week. It would be a real disappointment if we didn't get this bill done.
As I have indicated to the Chairman, and, of course, I have not had the opportunity to speak to the ranking member, but we have explained to the minority that I am filing these cloture motions--I have done so with the hope and anticipation…
The only thing I would say, my good friend asked the odds. I am from Las Vegas. I don't bet. I hope they are good odds. I am going to do everything I can to live up to what I have said this last 5 or 10 minutes.
As I indicated last week when we got into a discussion about this, we should measure the quality of the nominees, not the quantity. We are today talking about the quantity of nominees. But we also have to be concerned about the quality of…
I feel comfortable with what we have been able to accomplish this week. I cannot say that every week we have left here, but this has been a really good week. I think we have accomplished a lot that is good for the American people in the…
I say also through the Chair to my friend, I have spoken to that Senator, and still we might be able to work something out. If we cannot, he can offer an amendment and see what happens that way.
I would say two things, Mr. President. First of all, the distinguished Republican leader and I had a meeting with the President yesterday. I was happy to hear--I had heard he had issued a veto threat against this bill, and he said that is…
The fact is, you can't spin what Senator McCain said at that town hall meeting in a favorable light. His record speaks for itself as to how he feels about the war in Iraq. My friend always talks about the fact the American people don't…
I have to admit I was pulling for Kansas because they were very lucky in beating UNLV to get where they are. As a result of their good fortune the night they beat UNLV, I have been pulling for them since. All the men on Kansas are 6 feet 5…
Thanks to Senators Dodd, Baucus, Shelby and Grassley and their staffs, we have had some good bipartisan work on this housing bill. This bill will help communities, homeowners, and the homebuilding industry. This bill is not a silver…
I want the Record to be spread with the fact that this is a fine legislator, a good human being. The people of Illinois are so fortunate to have this man who cares so much about people. In front of all of my colleagues, Democrats and…
Just to show that we are trying to work with the President's Chief of Staff, as I indicated earlier, we put this in. Even though it wasn't part of the original agreement I had with Mr. Bolten, we added Doug Shuma, Commissioner of the…
OK, we need a vote. Listen, I am happy to vote. But I sure hope we can work to change the rules, Mr. President, next go-around. But we have not changed them yet. We keep talking about it. So, anyway, the one thing that brought a little bit…
I would say to everyone, there is no one trying to take advantage of anyone. If there is a problem we will be happy to work with you. This is a finite list. If there is some misunderstanding, we have two of the most generous, patient men I…
I think we are all going to miss Mr. Buckley. We have all watched him on TV. He has used words which were not developed in Searchlight, NV, but he had a great knowledge of the English language. He was always such a gentleman, even though…
Let me briefly say to everyone here, if the minority decides they want to do something about the housing crisis, all they have do is work with Senator Dodd, with Senator Baucus, who are easy to work with, and we will be happy to try to…
I think we should continue that research. Right now I am totally unsatisfied as to where we are with clean coal technology. But we should spend more money because we have great resources, and maybe someday we can work it out so it will…
I would briefly say, Madam President, I, with Senator Domenici, have been involved in producing huge amounts of money for research into clean coal.
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