“He worked his way up from a hardscrabble youth to become the Senate Majority Leader,” former Sen. Orrin G. Hatch wrote in a tweet. “I’m grateful to have known Harry and to have called him a friend.”
Elected leaders in Utah and across the country expressed their condolences late Tuesday following the death of former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.During his tenure, he became theIn a tweet late Tuesday, Former Sen. Orrin G. Hatch“He worked his way up from a hardscrabble youth to become the Senate Majority Leader,” Hatch wrote. “I’m grateful to have known Harry and to have called him a friend.
Sen. Mike Lee on Tuesday said Reid had been his family’s LDS home teacher — and was the father of one of Lee’s close friends — before the two ever worked together in the Senate. “Senator Harry Reid was a kind, caring friend. He will be missed. Sharon and I are praying for Landra and their family,”Current Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, said Reid was “tough-as-nails strong but caring and compassionate, and always went out of his way quietly to help people who needed help.”
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