Harry Reid Quotes on America (41 Quotes)

America can do better than what we've done. The most corrupt Congress in the history of the country. We have such significant problems with what's going on in this country.

He (Bush) should apologize. The vice president should apologize. They should come clean with the American public, ... This Week.

Reid snapped, answering a reporter's question. The failure to move ahead with the Iraq investigation, he said, is ''a slap in the face to the American people.

As he did last week, the president once again failed to provide a strategy for success or speak honestly to the American people about the failures in rebuilding Iraq and the challenges that lie ahead.

President Bush has dropped the equivalent of 100,000 dirty bombs on America, ... All Americans should be concerned, not just because he lied to me or the people of Nevada and indeed all Americans, but because the president's decision threatens American lives.

If this merger frenzy continues, we could end up with three, two, maybe only one airlines, and I think that we have a tremendous obligation to the American public to make travel more pleasant.

Our troops and the American people need the president to pay more than just lip service to a strategy for the war in Iraq, they need him to lay out what that strategy is with clear markers by which success can be measured,

President Bush must fully disclose his participation in the selective leaking of classified information. The American people must know the truth.

It cannot be understated that by accepting our amendment, both the Republican leader and the chairman of the Armed Services Committee agree that the administration needs to come forward and explain to Congress and the American people its strategy for success and completing our mission in faraway Iraq.

This is a very close question for me. But I must resolve my doubts in favor of the American people whose rights would be in jeopardy if John Roberts turns out to be the wrong person for the job.

The president can give all the speeches he wants, but nothing will change the fact that his Iraq policy is wrong. Two weeks ago, he told the American people that Iraqis would control their country by the end of the year. But last week, he told us our troops would be there until at least 2009.

The Republican Senate stood up for the special interests and against the American people's interest today.

The president's speech tonight used lofty, yet recycled, rhetoric to paint a picture of a country that has prospered and become stronger in this new century. Unfortunately, that's not the America his policies have created for too many families... A year ago, the president overreached by threatening to privatize and dismantle Social Security. This year, he reached for too little.

I think the American people can see through this so clearly. The president should come forward with some middle-of-the-road person, somebody that is going to be a good Supreme Court justice, not somebody that's going to be writing the law from the bench, ... This Week.

I regret that the American people have still not received a plan that identifies the remaining political, military and economic objectives that must be met in order to succeed. The window of opportunity for the Iraqi people and this administration to get things right will not stay open forever.

We're going to reform Washington, ... After years of Republican scandals and abuses of power, it's a big task. But the American people are demanding change.

First, let's take Social Security and Medicare off the table so that those funds are protected. Then, let's take one-third of the surplus and give every American, not just the rich, a fair tax cut. Let's use another third of the surplus and invest it in education and other key priorities. Finally, let's use a third of our surplus to keep paying down the debt.

There's no question the economy's in big trouble, ... We have to look at what's good for the average American.

Cheney was involved in the manipulation of intelligence to sell the war in Iraq, ... big oil ahead of the American consumer.

The administration's strategy is aimless, and sadly, it's rudderless. The vote is a victory for our troops and the American people.

Although it is too early to judge Mr. Libby guilty or innocent of these particular charges, it is not too early for you to reassure the American people that you understand the enormous gravity of the allegations, ... To this end, we urge you to pledge that if Mr. Libby or anyone else is found guilty of a crime in connection with Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation, you will not exercise your authority to issue a presidential pardon.

I think not only should the president appear before the American public and explain what is going on and take a few questions from the press, but certainly the vice president should do that, ... Late Edition.

America supports everything that we need to do with Katrina. I hope everyone understands this approximately 63 billion ... that's only a down payment. There's going to be lots more money.

Minority Whip Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada) said calling witnesses would extend the trial out unnecessarily. They're talking about bringing Monica Lewinsky in. And what is the dispute Both sides agree the dispute is as to whether or not the president touched her, or what time the relationship started, ... We don't need to get into this. This is something the American people, and frankly the Senate, is sick of.

In his speech, the president needs to tell the American people what he is going to do to end the culture of corruption and lay out solutions that will make America stronger.

I think the reason it took the Vice President a day to talk about this is part of the secretive nature of this administration. The American people are not entitled to know what is going in their mindset. They keep things pretty close to the chest.

An inescapable lesson of 22 years of deregulation is that mergers and a reduction in competition often lead to higher fares for the American traveling public. We cannot stand idly by and allow the benefits of deregulation to be derailed by a wave of mergers.

The troops have a right to expect answers and accountability worthy of their sacrifice. I demand on behalf of the American people that we understand why these investigations aren't being conducted.

yet another missed opportunity by the vice president to come clean with the American people and lay out a strategy for success in Iraq.

I demand on behalf of the American people that we understand why these investigations aren't being conducted, ... and in accordance with Rule 21, I now move that the Senate go into closed session.

I think it's time the American people heard from the vice president.

To me it shows how dangerously incompetent he is. 'Stay the course, mission accomplished, bring 'em on,' the American people are sick of that. We need to change course in Iraq. ... I think the president burying his head in the sand is not going to do the trick.

After what we all have witnessed the past week or so, is there anyone in America who feels we should continue to rely exclusively on FEMA to head the federal government's response to this tragedy

give something back to every American.

The president is 0-3 in his last three speeches. In order to support the mission, the American people need to know the remaining military and political benchmarks.

Over the last five years, Democrats have watched with the American people as President Bush and Republicans have moved America in the wrong direction. We've seen their dangerous incompetence.

We're demanding President Bush make a commitment to the American people that he will not pardon Scooter Libby, who was involved in this mess, nor will he pardon anyone involved in this mess,

The President is off to a bad start. He owes the American people honest answers on whether he wants to reform Social Security or privatize it.

How can we leave town and not have this most important legislation passed ... It may not be perfect, but no legislation's perfect. It's something that we need to do, and the people of America are depending on us to do it.

There was not a word of apology, not a word of explanation to the American people, ... The president's going to have to get a touch of reality.

It was the wrong choice for the American people in this cold holiday season.