Political Quotes

“earlier today we heard a moving speech by the Democratic leader and my longtime friend, Harry Reid. He spoke of his life and his time here. An amateur boxer turned police officer, turned lawyer, turned majority leader, that is the supercondensed outline of the life of Harry Reid. When the book closes on this 114th Congress, so too will it close on the congressional career of Senator Reid. He is a fighter and a champion. That is an understatement. He is a fellow country boy, but he had a much tougher upbringing in the isolated hamlet of Searchlight, NV. You can read about that in his book. That upbringing has bred traits that I have admired since he arrived in the Senate in 1987. His humble upbringing, raised in a shack with no indoor bathroom or hot water, sowed the seeds of a life in public service and of the perspective that has infused and driven his public service. He first came to Capitol Hill as a police officer, working nights to pay his way through George Washington University Law School. Little did he know he would end up being one of the longest serving majority leaders in the history of the U.S. Senate. He can point to so many of the things he has done, including steering the Affordable Care Act to Senate passage. But I want to thank Senator Reid for his strong support of justice bills that I have championed.…”