Harry Reid is the senior senator from Nevada and the Senate Majority Leader.

Blog Entries by Sen. Harry Reid

Our Lost Patriarch

35 Comments | Posted August 26, 2009 | 12:06 PM (EST)


The Kennedy family and the Senate family have together lost our patriarch. My thoughts and prayers, and those of the entire United States Senate, are with Vicki, Senator Kennedy's children, his many nieces and nephews, and his entire family.

It was the thrill of my lifetime...

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Moving to a Clean Energy Future

Posted August 18, 2008 | 04:13 PM (EST)


The importance of our clean energy future goes beyond lowering high gas prices, saving beautiful landscapes and ensuring the health and security of future generations.

This effort is the great challenge and opportunity of our times. We are talking about the future of my home state of Nevada, of America...

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The Good Fight

Posted April 30, 2008 | 10:10 AM (EST)


I wanted to share with all of you a section of my new book, The Good Fight which comes out Thursday. You can purchase The Good Fight by clicking here.

I come from a mining town.

But by the time I came along - December 2, 1939 -...

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Congress Leading the Way for a New Direction in Iraq

Posted April 23, 2007 | 12:28 PM (EST)


I wanted to share with all of you the speech I delivered today:

Thank you, Third Way, and Wilson Center for the important work you do.

And thank you, Congressman Hamilton. I first came to know and admire you when I arrived in the House of Representatives and...

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A Plan for Iraq

Posted March 9, 2007 | 10:44 AM (EST)


Democrats believe, as do an overwhelming majority of the American people, that President Bush needs to change course in Iraq. We can't stay in Iraq forever. The question becomes whether we'll continue to follow the president's failed strategy or whether we work to change course.

Will the Senate sit silent,...

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The Clock is Ticking, Mr. President

Posted December 19, 2006 | 07:26 PM (EST)


Frankly, I don't believe that more troops is the answer for Iraq. It's a civil war and America should not be policing a Sunni-Shia conflict. In addition, we don't have the additional forces to put in there. We obviously want to support what commanders in the field say they...

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A New Direction

Posted July 27, 2006 | 02:38 PM (EST)


In my home state of Nevada, in Reno, families are paying $3.12 for the gas they need to drive to work - more than double the price they were paying in 2001. That means they have hundreds of dollars less each month to spend on food, medicine, and their other...

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It Is Long Past Time to Change Course

Posted June 22, 2006 | 08:43 PM (EST)


I wanted to share with you my speech from the Senate floor today:

"That we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."

It was Theodore Roosevelt who said this quote in 1918. It is...

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America Deserved More Tonight

Posted January 31, 2006 | 10:57 PM (EST)


America deserved more from President Bush tonight. It wasn't credible to hear him talk about making America more secure and honoring our troops or making America energy independence or making health care more affordable without hearing him explain why he's done the opposite for the last five years.

Democrats agree...

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