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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 23, 2018

I know your job is to defend the administration's budget, but putting that aside, given China's expanding influence, the spread of extremism, and the scale of human displacement and misery today, how can we be sure that USAID is meeting…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 19, 2018

in this week when new Pulitzer Prizes were awarded to outstanding reporters and courageous news organizations, I want to take a moment, on behalf of all Vermonters, to recognize and thank an earlier Pulitzer Prize winning journalist…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 19, 2018

the magnitude of atrocities and devastation in Syria caused by ISIS and the Assad regime, with support from Russia and Iran, is appalling. When this calamity began in 2011, I doubt anyone predicted it would come to this: hundreds of…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 17, 2018

We Vermonters think when you make a deal you keep it.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 17, 2018

Have you or anyone in your Department recommended that we rescind any of the money we recently appropriated for housing and community development proposals?

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 17, 2018

the Administration has proposed elimination of Community Development Block Grants, the HOME Investment Partnerships, the Rural Capacity Building Grants, and harsh rental reforms.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 17, 2018

are you folks just totally tone-deaf to what's going on?

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 17, 2018

Congress clearly rejected in the fiscal year 2018 Omnibus the President's proposed cuts to housing and community development programs.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 17, 2018

It is clear that you and I have very different visions of what the budget for the Department of Housing and Urban Development should be.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 17, 2018

I believe when you strike an agreement, you should stick to it.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 16, 2018

I am concerned about both the Guard and Reserves, but in the full time services.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 16, 2018

Commanders in these units... have better access to ranges, better interoperability with their active duty counterparts.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 16, 2018

Is it safe to say that there is no service that does not have a concern about PTSD?

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 16, 2018

They have to have special authority for that, would they not?

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 16, 2018

We can do law enforcement duties. But there is no intention on this particular case.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 16, 2018

What structural or institutional barriers both within the Bureau and the Department remain to achieving that objective?

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