Patrick Leahy actually said...

We need to see realistic alternatives to the kind of slash and burn politics that have taken over our budget debates.

We cannot put together a Federal budget that will put our fragile economy, and millions of jobs at risk.

I want to work with my friend and colleague, Sue Collins--she and I wrote the Port Security Act--and move forward on that.

You have got in my assessment the most important job of any Committee in this Congress.