Patrick Leahy actually said...

"If we do nothing, we are choosing to let the corrections budget take away from the FBI's ability to disrupt terrorist groups."

"We should be willing to reevaluate mandatory minimum sentences."

"It is a problem that Congress created, but it is also a problem that Congress can fix, and it is high time we do so."

"I think the main drivers of this prison growth are front-end sentencing laws that were enacted by us in Congress, like the proliferation of mandatory minimum sentences."