[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12865]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                         THANKING SENATE STAFF

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, first of all, I appreciate your patience 
presiding over the Senate at this late hour. I extend my appreciation 
to this staff, everybody here, for all this work. About the last month 
has been very difficult. I appreciate very much the professionalism 
that is shown here in the Senate and the efforts they go to to make all 
of us look good. Sometimes that takes a lot of effort. But I do 
appreciate their working so hard together here at the desk. If there is 
ever anything that is bipartisan, it is right here, Republicans and 
Democrats, and there is no partisanship on the Senate floor. Step back 
a little bit and there is when we are away from the professional staff, 
but I appreciate very much their hard work.

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