[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1126]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                THANKING THE PRESIDING OFFICER AND STAFF

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I apologize to all of the staff--we have had 
a long, hard week--for keeping everybody around, but we have had some 
very important business Senator McConnell and I have been working on 
for 3 days and we just could not leave without completing that. I know 
it is tough to be out here and have a quorum call and not getting 
things done, but when we are not out here, it does not mean we are not 
doing things. So I apologize to the Presiding Officer and the wonderful 
staff, but I appreciate your patience.

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