Patrick Leahy: “We are seeing increases in parts of this country. You would think it would be decreasing everywhere in the world.”

On February 23rd of this year, Senators Schumer and Coburn and I wrote you a letter commending your decision to sever ties with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR.

We thought that the decision that was made was prudent and long overdue.

If the Senate doesn`t repair itself we are in deep trouble in this country.

Congress was the original classification authority (OCA). It let that power essentially slip away to the Executive Branch.