Washington, D.C. – Nevada Senator Harry Reid made the following remarks today on the Senate floor marking the end of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ and on President Obama’s deficit reduction plan. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery: Sixty years ago, this nation’s Armed Forces were segregated by race. Thirty-five years ago women weren’t…
VIDEO: LOS REPUBLICANOS OBSTRUYEN EL PLAN PARA RESOLVER EL IMPASSE DE LA DEUDA PUBLICA WASHINGTON, DC— Hoy la Bancada Demócrata del Senado celebró una rueda de prensa, pidiéndole a los republicanos que cesen de obstruir la última opción viable para evitar una crisis económica. Después de negarse a negociar con los demócratas ayer,…
Washington, D.C.– Nevada Senator Harry Reid made the following remarks today on the Senate floor about the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery: Today the House will consider legislation that would force the nation to default on our financial obligations for the first time in history unless Congress…
Washington, D.C. – Nevada Senator Harry Reid released the following statement today: “The Senate has no more important task than making sure the United States does not fail to pay our bills for pre-existing obligations like Social Security for the first time in our history. To ensure that we meet this responsibility, the Senate will…
Washington, D.C. – Jon Summers, spokesman for Nevada Senator Harry Reid, released the following statement in response to premature Republican attacks on the President’s deficit-reduction plan, which they launched hours before the President released his plan: “What do you do when you’re scared that the centerpiece of your entire agenda is about to be exposed…
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Policy and Communications Center’s Vice Chair Debbie Stabenow released the following statement today regarding the Republican budget that would dismantle Medicare and cut deep into the heart of the middle class, while continuing tax giveaways for special interests: “Next year’s Republican budget is a thinly veiled attempt to dismantle Medicare for…
Addressed Republicans’ Dangerous Plan To Dismantle Social Security, Delay Distribution Of Benefits To Seniors Washington, D.C.–Today Senators Harry Reid, Tom Harkin, Bernie Sanders, Al Franken and Richard Blumenthal told Republicans to “Back Off Social Security” during an event with more than 300 of the program’s supporters. The senators discussed the GOP’s dangerous plan to privatize…
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer issued the following statement today in response to Majority Leader Cantor’s statement that “It is very difficult to balance the budget in the next 10 years without cutting seniors’ benefits now”: “Rep. Cantor’s claim that we need to cut seniors’ Social Security checks today to balance the…
Washington, D.C.—Nevada Senator Harry Reid released the following statement regarding today’s defeat of HR1, Republicans’ reckless budget plan: “We have said from day one that Republicans’ reckless spending plan is a non-starter because it would destroy 700,000 American jobs, weaken our border security and slash housing for homeless veterans. Now that it has been defeated,…
Slashes Funding for Social Security Administration, Meaning Delays for Seniors and Disabled Americans Awaiting Benefits. The House bill cut funding for the Social Security Administration, meaning half a million Americans who are legally entitled to benefits and would otherwise have received them will instead be waiting for them. Slashes Title I Education Funding, Putting 1…