Patrick Leahy actually said...

"It is not enough to say that America is discontinuing the policies and practices of the recent past."

"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."

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

"I would like, therefore, to thank Senator Leahy for introducing Senate bill 1653, the Federal Judgeship Act of 2009."