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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Jun 12, 2013

Isn't it possible to say that of the eight Senators we have talked about, four of them, two Democrats and two Republicans, serve on the Judiciary Committee? They were helpful in voting for most of these changes that were changes to the…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Jun 12, 2013

There has been some discussion about whether this might be a closed thing, and the eight Senators came together on this and did a tremendous job. There were four Democrats and four Republicans putting it together. They were saying it was…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Jun 12, 2013

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 12, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room SR-418 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Jun 12, 2013

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Rules and Administration be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 12, 2013, at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Jun 12, 2013

While the distinguished senior Senator from Arizona is still on the floor, I would like to note that during the process of putting this bill together in the committee and having the votes, we had a number of quiet meetings, bipartisan…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Jun 12, 2013

Madam President, it is good that the Nation is having this debate on immigration, but I think we ought to talk about what is truly involved. For the last several months--even before our bill was drafted, people were saying we cannot…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Jun 12, 2013

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 12, 2013, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Jun 12, 2013

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 12, 2013, at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Jun 12, 2013

Mr. President, if the Senator would yield on that point, I was privileged in my capacity as President pro tempore to speak to the graduating class of pages, the group of pages who graduated just ahead of the distinguished group we have…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Jun 12, 2013

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 12, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room SH-216 of the Hart Senate office building. The…

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Jun 12, 2013

Just tried watching Modern Family - written by a moron, really boring. Writer has the mind of a very dumb and backward child. Sorry Danny!

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Carl Levin
@carllevin· Democratic · MI· Jun 12, 2013

We ought to end up with knock-down, drag-out fights all the time between the country of residence and the country of what I call source.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jun 12, 2013

I listened to my colleague from Wyoming. He states it very well. I have come to the floor for roughly the same reason, but I don't know how many times you have to say it, because I think basically what the Senator from Wyoming was saying…

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