Patrick Leahy actually said...

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

"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."

"the Court sided with an Enron executive who had been convicted of fraud and gutted a statute vital to combating public corruption."