[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14350]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             THANKING STAFF

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, the staff has worked so hard over the last 
couple of days, and I want to acknowledge that. Everyone has worked 
hard. We tried to space it out, and the staff has done a remarkably 
good job, but some people spent the night here, and there was one group 
who worked so very, very hard.
  We only have eight reporters who cover the proceedings here, so think 
about what they have had to go through. They have to prepare their 
notes immediately, and they have been working, as I said, for 2 days. I 
am confident that they are exhausted. I hope they rest well, and I hope 
everyone rests well tonight.
  We will be back tomorrow, and I hope we can speed things up a little 
bit more than what the rules require. As I said before, I would like to 
move this as quickly as we can.

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