Harry Reid

For the last seven years, we have seen the same kind of misinformation coming from the White House.

He's impossible, and has been for seven years, to deal with.

The president's credibility --

My friend has every right to object. It is quite obvious that this is required because Members will simply filibuster. They have told me so. If we are talking about something as sensitive as immunity, retroactive immunity, and prospective…

The last time I was in California, I saw one of the marquees, $4 a gallon. In Nevada, everyplace is more than $3 a gallon.

With all the ``he said, she said'' that has been going on in this body this week, everyone should all agree with one voice we passed extremely important legislation, terrorism insurance, which gives breathing room to the American free…

I would hope during the next 2 weeks we can work out these differences. It is a very important bill for the entrepreneurial spirit of veterans. This is a good bill, and we have worked hard on it. So I hope we can work it out. I am…

Yesterday was a day of real negativity by our colleagues on the other side of the aisle. The country could have benefitted from passage of TRIA, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, which is so important. We must do that before the end of the…

What a shame that there is an objection to a bill that passed the House overwhelmingly, came out of committee over here on a vote of 20 to 1, and now there is an objection to it. That is really too bad. We will renew this request before we…

With the Thanksgiving break looming, the administration has informed me they want to make several recess appointments. As a result, I'm keeping the Senate in pro forma to prevent recess appointments until we get back on track.

Shouldn't there be some minimal accountability? That's all we're asking.

Mr. President, the Republicans offer an amendment. I offered the first amendment on behalf of Dorgan and Grassley. It is a bipartisan amendment. If they have an amendment they want to offer, let them offer it. I will be happy to stand out…

The nomination of Henrietta Fore was a little controversial, but it worked out just fine. This good Nevadan will have a good job. She will do her best. I am confident it will be one that the country will be pleased with.

It would be untoward on the Senate floor to walk over and hug the Republican leader, but that is what I feel like doing. I agree with him 100 percent. I think we should try to get a number of amendments locked in, whether it is 5 or 50…

I want a farm bill. We have been discussing how to go forward. If I may be so bold to suggest--I know Senator Chambliss and Senator Harkin have been working on a list of amendments. I think we ought to see if we can lock in a list. It will…

We are going to fix AMT before the end of the year, but we will do it the right way; we are going to pay for it.

It is really good for me to do that. But the words that were uttered by Dr. Swanson this morning, as Johnny Cash says in that song, ``you've been reading my mail'' were really important to me, and I am sure every Senator listening to this…

I have a deal. Again, trying to be more reasonable than I probably should be, but in an effort to try to be fair, I would consider offering a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to CHIP following the farm bill, and if cloture is voted…

One of the nominations we approved is Dr. William H. Frist to be a member of the board of directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation for a term of 3 years. This is Bill Frist who worked with us in the Senate for 12 years, who was…

I want to underscore and confirm we are working hard to try to get a bill or bills to the President as quickly as we can. The conferences are moving along well. I instructed my folks to make sure that Republicans know what is going on with…

Senate majority leader Harry Reid called the veto 'heartless.'

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called the veto 'heartless.'

This bill deals with something that has developed. We would never dream we would be working on it, but it appears to be very important. We have had a lot of deaths and people getting sick, the popcorn workers in America, which is a huge…

I find it distasteful and disturbing to increase the debt limit yet again, but the alternative is simply unthinkable. Eventually, some Social Security checks could not be sent. Government offices could close. Interest rates could rise. And…

I wish we could have done more with this. I wish we could have done more. But, as I said, and as the distinguished senior Senator from Iowa heard me say in my office, in my years in government, I have spent more time on this issue than…