SEN. HARRY REID'S SENATE MAJORITY LEADER SEN. HARRY REID'S REMARKS AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY ON THE SENATE FLOOR ON ENERGY

From: Washington Transcript Service | Date: December 7, 2007 | Copyright information

Washington Transcript Service
12-07-2007
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER'S REMARKS AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY
ON THE SENATE FLOOR ON ENERGY, AS RELEASED BY SEN. REID'S
OFFICE
DECEMBER 7, 2007
SPEAKER: SEN. HARRY REID, D-NEV.,
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER
[*]
REID: Moments from now, we will have the opportunity to take a
vote that history will mark. Those who listen to speeches on the Senate
floor are no strangers to superlatives. Words like "landmark" and "historic"
are often used, but occasionally appropriate. They certainly are now.
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