landies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house of representatives. good morning. madam vice president, distinguished congressional leaders and our special guest, the family of harry reid. today as speaker of the house, it is my solemn and official honor to welcome back to the united states capitol the legendary leader of great integrity, a pioneering patriot, and a dear friend, harry mason reid. on behalf of the congress, i extend a special welcome to his loving wife and rock, leandra
a bald eagle, stuffed, but still with the breeze fluttering its wings. i said, harry, what happened? did you go hunting and accidentally shoot a bald eagle, an endangered species. he said, no, he flew into a live wire, and so i call him sparky. i said, okay. well, accepted sparky, but with his permission, and appropriately, we have named him harry. sparky flew from the leader s office to the speaker s office now harry. as we know, when harry entered the political arena, he could hold his own in the boxing ring, and so it is fitting to quote muhammad ali and his immortal words capture harry s fighting
president biden is challenging senators to in his words stand against the voter suppression and asking them to eliminate the filibuster in order to pass two bills without needing the republican support and aimed at restricting voting nationwide. listen to president. do you want to be on the side of george king or george wallace? do you want to be on the side of john lewis or bull conner? do you want to be on the side of abraham lincoln or jefferson davis? this is the moment to decide, to defend joining me now for more on this is democratic senator tina smith of minnesota. senator, thank you for being here. you support the filibuster. we talked about this in the
explain why, but he is not mad, but he just hung up, and harry would have been deeply embarrassed and holding not one, but multiple ceremonies in his honor. ki hear him now, you guys organized an entire ceremony in nevada and invited former and current senators and you had the front man from the killer sing and still it was not enough for all of you. and on the other hand, harry may not want this pomp and circumstance, i know that a part of him would enjoy it. he was sort of like sid see czar when sid see czar gave a good line, no more applause, please. my friends, we celebrate henry mason reid s return to the capital, because we must. few have shaped the workings of this building like our dear friend from nevada. few have dedicated their lives to the work of the people quite
university. he took great care of the senators in the institution, but he also knew that the senate had to adapt to changing times. as we confront the challenges of the coming weeks and months, i take comfort knowing that harry is with us in spirit. walking alongside us, as we continue to work that he dedicated himself to for so many years. may god rest his immortal soul and may his memory be a blessing to us all.