Patrick Leahy
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Joseph Leahyis an American politician and the senior United States Senator from Vermont. He has been in office since 1975. A member of the Democratic Party, Leahy served as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate from December 17, 2012, to January 6, 2015. As President pro tempore, he was third in the presidential line of succession. He is the most senior senator and took office at a younger age than any other current senator. Leahy received...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 March 1940
CountryUnited States of America
For the church to say that abortion is not acceptable for a Catholic is fine. To say directly or indirectly that on something that is a church teaching that you must also vote according to that - that's not acceptable in a country based on the First Amendment.
I look forward to the time when the membership of the Supreme Court's more reflective of the country it serves.
I'd like something that faces reality. We have 12 million people in this country that are undocumented - that's a reality. It's not going to be like they're all going to leave. One of the reasons I'm holding this hearing in the morning is to hear from somebody who actually understands what's involved here - Janet Napolitano - and I hope that from what she says and what we hear from her, we can start building some consensus.
Relations between the United States and other countries, and our role as a global leader, are advanced by our willingness to help other countries in need. Foreign aid is essential to protecting U.S. interests around the world, and it is also a moral responsibility of the wealthiest, most powerful nation.
This was the memo that basically justified the United States be involved in torture,
There's no way we can ask for a treaty that has one standard for the United States and another for the rest of the world.
a flexible plan that includes pulling our troops back from the densely populated areas where they are suffering the worst casualties and to bring them home.
The bottom line is with that enormous power comes enormous responsibility and frankly I have not seen anything in the Rich pardon suggesting to me the responsibility was fully carried out,
Despite my misgivings, I have acquiesced in some of the administration's proposals because it is important to preserve national unity in this time of crisis and to move the legislative process forward,
I want an end to this thing. But where are we? Do we know what the rules are going to be?
Let's let the Senate run this and not the gun lobbies run this Senate chamber.
Many would say that amount is negligible. Where does the rest of it go?
There's a real potential of criminal conduct here, there will certainly be grand juries looking at this,
Data banks offer powerful tools for security screening, but they also raise privacy dangers.