Patrick Leahy actually said...

A commission of the kind we are proposing is needed in order to arrive at an in-depth, unbiased, and impartial understanding of what happene...

I am pleased and gratified that President Obama and his advisers recognized the need to take these actions and actually took them quickly.

There can be no doubt that we must fully understand the mistakes of the past in order to learn from them.

The longest serving member of this Committee, Senator Edward Kennedy, half a dozen or a dozen times was told he could not board a flight.