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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You leave people in the cold by eliminating the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, LIHEAP.

You target women's health, and Senator Murray has talked about this, by discriminating against providers that serve low-income women.

The best way to create a 'foundation of greatness' is to support programs that lift people up.

Twenty-three million Americans would lose coverage, and your administration celebrated a bill that will do that.