Patrick Leahy actually said...

"How critical is it for the Senate to confirm Dawn Johnsen as the Assistant Attorney General in charge of OLC?"

"We included nearly $4 billion for State and local law enforcement in the economic recovery and investment package enacted earlier this year."

"I commend these important steps to restore confidence in our government and I believe that they will help reverse the troubling trend of excessive government secrecy that we witnessed during the last ..."

"the very idea of taking money from victims and law enforcement officers to educate and comfort terrorists, pedophiles, and career criminals I think is an abomination."