mind and command of the rules and respect for the senator, and despite the long odds with the leader of the president obama, and then president biden, we forged the recovery act, and the dodd/frank act, and the affordable health care act, and as everybody knows he loved the home state of nevada. he fought for them in every possible way, and preserving the natural environment or protecting the coveted role in the presidential slelection process. for someone who served 12 years, there is much more they wanted to serve, and he is a man of a few words, and he would want us
like harry did, and today, our feelings of both loss and gratitude are immense. i got to know harry when we came to the senate in 1999, and we could not have been more different. me a brash jewish kid out of brooklyn and there was harry a mormon from searchlight, nevada. i learned quickly, what harry said even though he spoke lightly, carried the force of thunder. he was honest, direct, and he was original. i loved this story back in 2012 during the democratic national convention in charlotte, harry summoned me to his hotel one late night. i rushed over and i saw landra in the room, but before i could say anything, harry pulled me aside into the small little
spirit. muhammad ali said that impossible is not a declaration, it is a dare. harry would be the first to admit that he was the not the biggest, the loud or but he was tough, and he conquered the impossible and he made the world a better place. history will remember him as one of the consequential senate majority leaders of all time, but those of us fortunate to know him and love him will also remember his character and compassion, and his goodness. his goodness. to his many loved ones, thank you for sharing harry reid with the country, and the congress. may it be a comfort to you s, a
to the great state of nevada, the grateful nation mourns your loss, and so many people are praying for you at this sad time. god truly blessed america with the life and leadership of harry reid, leader harry reid. may he rest in peace. thank you. all right. the program will continue, and kind words from house speaker nancy pelosi, and let me bring in dana bash, and manu raju, and your words from what we are hearing here. again, it is hard to capture harry reid, because of the
that dean did not know harry reid s character. like others who would later underestimate the man, hardship had forged a steel in harry. a fighting spirit that explained his success in the boxing ring despite being significantly undersized. he liked to talk about his boxing. you know, barack, i wasn t a great athlete, i wasn t big and strong like some of the guys i went up against, but i had two things going for me. i could take a punch, and i never gave up. that s about right. that same dogged determination marked harry reid s political career.