Patrick Leahy actually said...

"I once told the Director of the CIA, William Casey, when he came up about the third time in 2 weeks to the Congress to say, 'I know I was supposed to have told you about' whatever the issue was, 'and ..."

"For the first time, there will be a woman as Chair of the Committee, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas."

"I know my discussions with him when he was in the Senate and my discussions with him since he became President tell me that."

"I think we are starting to see the results of that training and trying to inculcate these ideas, and I think we are making progress every day."