[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11051-11052]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      THANKING THE MAJORITY LEADER

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I thank the majority leader for his kind 
words. He is a friend of long standing. We came to Washington together 
in the House of Representatives many years ago, and we certainly never 
could have dreamed, when we arrived here so many years ago, that today 
we would be able to work so closely and so well in the leadership of 
the Senate.
  Harry Reid is a terrific leader. He has done an extraordinary job. 
Today a lot of praise is being given to the President for his first 100 
days. I want to add in that chorus of praise Harry Reid, the Senator 
from Nevada, who has helped the President achieve the goals that he set 
out to achieve in the first 100 days. He has made an extraordinary 
commitment to make that happen, not just in time and effort but in 
patience

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dealing with Members of the U.S. Senate.
  I thank Senator Reid for his earlier comments.

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