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But still with the breeze fluttering his wings. i said harry, what happened? did you go hunting and accidentally shoot a bald eagle, an endangered species? he said no. he flew in to a live wire, so i call him sparky. i said okay, well, except its then sparky. but with his permission, and appropriately, we have named him harry. sparky flew from the leaders office to the speakers office, now harry. as we know, before harry entered the political arena, he could hold his own in the boxing ring. so i...

Its a months subscription to netflix. i didnt have -- iris didnt have the heart to tell him we had subscribed for four years already. clearly harry wasnt big on new technology. he didnt text. he didnt mail. and as you know, whenever he called you, hed hang up the phone so quickly, youd think he was allergic to telecommunications. but what harry was allergic to was the artifice of politics. he considered it a distraction from his true passion, getting good things done in this capitol. harry never...

Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable charles e schumer, majority leader of the united states senate. good morning. it is such an honor to speak today about my dear friend and mentor, harry reid of searchlight, nevada, as he would proudly refer to himself. let me first say to harrys family and particularly to landra, the love of harrys life for 62 years who he called his rock, the only time i ever saw harry cry was when he told me landra had an awful car accident and had broken so many bones. he...

Loss and gratitude are immense. i got to know harry when i came to the senate in 1999. we couldnt have been more different. there was me, a brash jewish kid out of brooklyn, and there was harry, a soft spoken mormon from searchlight. we were a match made in heaven. i quickly learned that even though harry talked softly, what he said carried the force of thunder. he was honest. he was direct. and he was original. i love the story back in 2012. during the democratic national convention in charlott...

To their children, all of whom -- and his grandchildren, all of whom he was very, very proud. on saturday we gathered in nevada for a celebration of harrys life. listening to the leadership of his church, and the adoring comments of his children, it is clear that harrys strength sprang from his faith and his family. and his patriotism springs from his love of our country and his commitment to its future. it is fitting that we pay final tribute to harry here in the united states capitol. it is he...

Steward of the senate. literally and figuratively. he took great care of the senate as an institution, but he also knew that the senate had to adapt to changing times. as we confront the challenges of the coming weeks and months, i take comfort knowing that harry is with us in spirit, walking alongside us as we continue the work he dedicated himself to for so many years. may god rest his immortal soul, and may his memory be a blessing to us all. ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi...

Been deeply embarrassed and probably a little annoyed at our holding not one but multiple ceremonies in his honor. i can hear him now. you guys organized an entire ceremony in nevada, invited former and current presidents and senators, and you even had the frontman from the killers sing, and still that wasnt enough for all of you? on the other hand, even though harry might not want this pomp and circumstance, i know part of him would enjoy it. he was sort of like sid caesar when he gave a good l...

And despite long odds with his leadership in the congress, working together with president obama and then vice president biden, we fornged great progress for american families, the american recovery act, the dodd frank reforms and the affordable care act, to name a few. and as we all know, harry truly loved his home state of nevada. over his entire career, he fought tirelessly for nevada in every possible way for its working families whether preserving the natural environment or protecting its p...

Declaration. it is a dare. harry would be the first to admit that he wasnt the biggest, the loudest, or the strongest. but he was tough and relentless. he conquered the impossible. and he made the world a better place. harry reid made the world a better place. history will remember him as one of the most consequential senate majority leaders of all time. but those of us fortunate enough to know him and love him will remember also his character and compassion, his goodness. his goodness. to his m...

Families. harry was tough as nails, a fighter to his core, but one of the most compassionate individuals you could ever imagine. in short, he was one of the most incredible and generous individuals ive ever met. the sort of person you come across only a handful of times in your life. when you lose someone as special as harry, theyre never gone. theyre always with you. for those of us in the senate democratic caucus, i think that was especially true last week as we observed the anniversary of the...