Patrick Leahy actually said...

The agreement was that there would be no filibusters of nominees unless there was some extraordinary circumstance.

Leahy explains the original agreement to avoid filibusters on nominees.

04/09/2013

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the last thing we need is more secrecy disguised as a concern for security of critical infrastructure.

They need more physical security, if they really, truly want to protect their people.

Also, back in 2007, Senator Cornyn and I authored the Open Government Act to strengthen FOIA.

the transparency that we are supposed to have in FOIA is a promise to everybody in this country because it impacts the lives of Americans al...