Harry Reid Quotes (278 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.

Last year, Congress overwhelmingly called on President Bush to make 2006 a year of significant transition to full Iraqi sovereignty. The domestic public relations campaign waged by the White House and the new round of presidential speeches does not advance that goal.

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

But maybe most of all, ... the Bush plan isn't really Social Security reform. It's more like Social Security roulette.

On this Veterans Day, the president had the opportunity to honor our troops, both those who have served and those who are currently serving, by laying out a clear strategy for success in the war in Iraq. Instead, the president resorted to his old playbook of discredited rhetoric about the War on Terror and political attacks as his own political fortunes and credibility diminish,

I feel totally at ease that I haven't done anything that is even close to being wrong.

No one disputes his academic prowess, his mental power. He's a very smart man, ... But through all this I came to the realization that I'm not too sure his heart is as big as his head.

We've sent a message to the community that we don't want urban heliport sites, ... They have continued to negatively impact our neighborhoods and we don't want any more of them until we provide the non-urban site.

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.

Transporting high-level radioactive waste to Utah is as dangerous as it would be transporting it to Nevada, ... Thousands of tons of deadly nuclear material will pass homes, schools, businesses and churches in communities all across the country, and there is simply no way to safely do this.

I welcome that debate. One would have to search long and hard to find a bill, in my opinion, as bad as this.

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.

It is a decision that will bring hope to millions of Americans. I know there's still a long ways to go with the legislation, but a large step has been taken by the majority leader today ... and I admire the majority leader for doing it.

I think it's wrong that it's closed, but that's what it is. They had no opportunity to have people come and testify publicly. I think we should go forward in that regard,

Hopefully, by then, President Bush and his majority leader will have found the backbone to stop the extreme elements of the Republican Party from blocking improvements to America's security.

Moving to the estate tax would be a travesty on top of a tragedy,

a champion for the underdog who was the same kind, gracious man no matter how far he rose in Congress and in life.

Two weeks ago we agreed to a schedule, and we have abided by it. Now we find that behind the scenes they (House prosecutors) are working with Starr, and that is not good. It just shows exactly what is going on here.

We want him to give us a candidate who is mainstream, not extreme.

I think it's right and proper for the Moderator to speak out on matters of great public interest. Too often in the recent past Moderators have failed to do so.

I'm not in the habit of patting the president on the back.

As Congress finally begins to address this problem, I hope that you will stand up to the right wing of your party and stand up for what is right,

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.

Never has the need for an independent and thorough investigation into the government failures surrounding Hurricane Katrina been more plainly demonstrated than today. Two Republican investigations into Katrina have been completed. Two reports have been issued. It is now apparent that both have only scratched the surface. This administration has a lot to answer for, and America must learn the truth.

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.

Justice O'Connor has been a voice of moderation and reason on the court and should be replaced by someone who, like her, embodies the fundamental American values of fairness, liberty and equality,

It's a program where the lobbyists paid and Republican members of Congress played.

No Democrat has even raised the issue of extended debate.

We must proceed carefully before legislating blanket bans on insurance coverage of entire classes of drugs.

We're a government of laws, not men. It is not for George W. Bush to disregard the Constitution and decide that he is above the law.

If he wants to divert attention ... he can send us someone who's going to cause a lot of problems,

The Libby indictment provides a window into what this is really all about, how this administration manufactured and manipulated intelligence in order to sell the war in Iraq and attempted to destroy those who dared to challenge its actions.

I was kind of upset. He's blaming all this on Congress, and then he has the audacity to say what limited money he's helped us get, put it all on Louisiana. That's not fair. I'm very, very disappointed.

We're almost there. We're not there. We still have some obstacles. The leader and I have spoken about them the last few hours. There's other pieces of legislation that may interfere. We have some amendments we have to vote on that are going to be hurtful to some people and not to others.

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.

There's a dark cloud hanging over the White House. It's really a storm cloud. The vice president, who gets his authority from the president, sadly is in the middle of that storm,

We can be energy independent, have affordable health care and a strong economy. All it takes is a commitment in Washington to put progress, not politics, first.

we can get to issues that are certainly more in the form of a crisis than a program that has enough money to have it in the form it's in for the next 50 years.

Sept. 11 proved that there needs to be a mechanism in place to allow the economy to rebound more quickly and to protect American jobs in the unfortunate event of another terrorist attack.

There has been adequate time for people to debate. I hope this matter will be resolved without too much more talking.

Everyone knows that Vice President Cheney and the president do not like anyone criticizing anything they do, ... Joe Wilson criticized the basis for the war in Iraq.

I'm not too sure if his heart is as big as his head.

He has all the talents I don't have, ... Dick Durbin is the best debater in the Senate. He's unquestionably the best. On the most difficult issues, you send Durbin to the floor. He's the first person I turn to for advice.

I hope so, ... It isn't as if we're looking for things to have extended debate on. We need to work together and I think this week has established that. But how can we work together when information is not supplied So, I hope that we'll all slow down the rhetoric during the break.

Everyone knows Karl Rove is involved, ... If the president is a man of his word, Rove should be history.

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.

An investigation of the Republican administration by a Republican-controlled Congress is like having a pitcher call his own balls and strikes.

When this administration took over, we had a surplus of--it's debatable how much it was, but some say over 6 trillion over 10 years, ... Now, we are in the red so far you can't see the end of the red ink.

Now that the president has said he will nominate Judge Roberts as chief justice, the stakes are higher and the Senate's advice and consent responsibility is even more important, ... The Senate must be vigilant.

This case is bigger than the leak of highly classified information,