Patrick Leahy actually said...

We did pass the Federal hate crime legislation in 1968 in the wake of the assassination of civil rights icon Martin Luther King.

Leahy references past hate crime legislation following a significant civil rights event.

06/24/2009

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It can take well over an hour to go 10 miles, it seems like.

I am confident that this Committee will not let that happen and will do the right thing.

In March this Committee began our examination of the serious problems in forensic science that go to the very heart of our criminal justice ...

We have to ensure that the forensic science rises to the highest scientific standards, has the maximum possible reliability.