Patrick Leahy actually said...

"We are trying to put together statutes which address what I think all of us instinctively know is criminal conduct."

"Restoring key tools to combat fraud and corruption is essential after the Supreme Court's Skilling decision."

"my concern, the reason we have these hearings, is that for decades we have used the honest services fraud provision."

"I think we have to show, if we were to go forward, that that mayor knowingly concealed his interest--not that he forgot."