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As a parent and a grandparent, when I look at the ages of some of these people and the vulnerability of them, and even the adults, the fact that they are so totally vulnerable, they are treated as chattel, not as human beings, in 2011--I mean, this is horrible.

09/13/2011

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Patrick  Leahy

out of office

usa, Vermont

3,671 Quotes

PartyDemocratic

  • United States Senator

    1/3/1975 - 1/3/2023
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