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Patrick Leahy: The Senator from Nevada is right. We actually had to move much of the Judiciary staff out of the Dirksen Building. Some…

On the recordDecember 13, 2001
The Senator from Nevada is right. We actually had to move much of the Judiciary staff out of the Dirksen Building. Some had been in the Hart Building in the proximity of the distinguished leader's office when the anthrax letter was opened. We were hampered by that because of medical treatment and still came to work. In fact, we went so far, as the Senator probably knows, as to hold hearings during the recesses to keep this going.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Discussing the impact of the anthrax incident on Judiciary staff operations.

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