Patrick Leahy actually said...

"I am told by everybody in the Administration, 'Oh, we are working so hard on this,' but I do not see where they have achieved anything."

"If we did not have our embargo, you would have so many American companies down there, fighting for the chance to do this and very openly doing it, it would have accomplished a lot more than this progr..."

"There are USAID people who are doing wonderful things that you and I would applaud all over the world, many at great risk to themselves because of the places they are in."

"Frankly, I don't know how a small country like that handles the enormous burden put on it, but I applaud them for it."