435 Quotes by Harry Reid

He was blackballed because he couldn't live up to the standards of the right wing, ... I'm sure his dad (former President Bush) gave him a pat on the back, but it's a back pat he's going to regret.

This will help give growing high-tech American companies the workers they need to be competitive.

He hasn't had a press conference in about three and a half years. It's time to have one. It's not just the hunting accident. You folks have a lot of questions to ask him.

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.

It's disappointing that neither skyrocketing gas prices nor obscene oil company profits can break the bond between Bush Republicans and Big Oil. Americans are struggling to pay the rising cost of gas, and they are not interested in handouts to help oil companies make more money by letting them drill in wildlife refuges. Now it is finally time the Republican Congress acts to provide relief and to reduce our addiction to oil.

I understand that during [Sonia Sotomayor's] career, she's written hundreds and hundreds of opinions. I haven't read a single one of them, and if I'm fortunate before we end this, I won't have to read one of them.

We always said that we would accept a short-term extension to give negotiators time to get the final bill right. We will use the extension to seek a Patriot Act that gives the government the tools it needs to fight the terrorists, while still protecting the rights of innocent Americans.

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.

He might as well join the crowd. There's no frontrunner at this point, I know he lost a lot of weight. Maybe he can be on the skinny ticket.