[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H32]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          SALUTE TO HARRY REID

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to salute the late 
majority leader, Harry Reid, who served his Nation for 48 years in 
public service by appointment or election. But Harry Reid can be more 
than the public service that he has given. He is and was a true 
patriot, a family man, and someone who cared enough to not only secure 
this Nation but to mentor and to love his State and to love America.
  Thousands--no, millions of Americans, at all economic levels, have 
healthcare because of Harry Reid. Nevada was prevented from being a 
nuclear waste dumping ground because of Harry Reid. And I stood by him, 
glad to have known him--I, as a member of the United States House; he, 
then in the United States Senate.
  It is with deep sympathy that I offer to his family and friends and 
the people of Nevada for he truly was an American patriot--tough, but 
strong and kind. And may I say, he served as a U.S. Capitol Hill police 
officer. What a man--a boxer, but always a patriot.
  May he rest in peace and may he know that his 48 years--44 of them in 
the United States Congress--counts toward his historical mark of 
changing America, making America the place where no matter who you are 
you have an opportunity to succeed and to overcome. He did that and 
helped others as well.
  Thank you to patriot Majority Leader Harry Reid. May he rest in peace 
and may he rest in power.

                          ____________________