Harry Reid Quotes on Time (10 Quotes)

The committee did the right thing yesterday. And as to whether or not he can reconstruct himself at that hearing, time will only tell. But it will take some reconstruction, because right now he's a damaged piece of goods.

Their budget ... actually would make the deficit worse, ... That's fiscally irresponsible at any time, but especially when we should be saving to prepare for the baby boomers' retirement.

Why can't we do things in normal fashion ... With all the time we waste around here trying to avoid difficult votes for Republicans we could get a lot done around here.

Instead, the nominee adopted what I consider a disingenuous strategy of suggesting that the views expressed in the memos were not his views, even at the time the memos were written.

There's some division in our caucus. It's an uphill climb at the current time, but it's achievable.

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that he would oppose the nominee but would not mount a filibuster to prevent his confirmation. In the fullness of time, he may well prove to be a fine Supreme Court justice, ... But I have reluctantly concluded that this nominee has not satisfied the high burden that would justify my voting for his confirmation based on the current record.

At a time when the president is abusing his power at every turn, I cannot vote to confirm a judge who won't be an independent check on the executive branch.

I hope the president and his administration will act swiftly to provide the Congress with damage assessments so that we can provide immediate relief to the people of the Gulf Coast. We must not waste any time in giving these families the resources they need.

Our unified response sends a powerful signal to victims of this tragedy, looking for signs that their government sees their plight and stands with them during this dark time,

The criticism we had about this legislation previously was because of 911, we rushed to judgment on a number of provisions in that bill. We certainly shouldn't do that this time.