Patrick Leahy actually said...

"Today is an historic day."

"Let`s get back to regular order."

"That`s an abrogation of everything the Senate should stand for. You had a Republican member who went way over the time allotted and ignore the rules of the committee, badgered the nominee with would n..."

"I couldn’t help but think, was this aimed for this hearing or aimed for a political campaign? What are some of these senators doing? Making sound bites for their political campaigns, some of them runn..."