Patrick Leahy actually said...

"So I urge all of my colleagues on this Committee and in the Senate to get this out of Committee as quickly as possible and let us pass it."

"The legislation I introduced, the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act, only repeals the McCarran-Ferguson exemption for what I think we would all agree are egregious violations of the ..."

"Antitrust oversight in these industries would provide consumers with confidence that insurance companies are not colluding to raise prices artificially."

"I do not see how somebody can say with a straight face that they should not be subject to the same antitrust laws as everyone else."