Patrick Leahy actually said...

"We cannot afford to turn our backs on women and families in need of protection."

"there has been a concern about the lack of communication between U.S. Attorney's Offices and Indian tribes regarding declinations"

"Has that affected, increased or decreased or in any way affected the need for the services that we have in VAWA?"

"This is something we both strongly believe in, not only for being able to go on the regimen of medication that you talked about, but to be able to avoid it if it is unnecessary and for the peace of mi..."