Patrick Leahy actually said...

"Are you at all concerned that some of our programs may do more to reinforce dependency than foster self-reliance?"

"I have encouraged our Federal agencies to look for ways to help."

"I have for years pushed the FDA to promote safer alternatives to powerful prescription painkillers, and to remove from the market older, less safe drugs."

"If there were an Iranian military boat with armed Iranians on it, and they came along the coastline--pick a place, say South Carolina--and was well within the U.S. border, perhaps the engine stopped, ..."