Patrick Leahy actually said...

"The only way that this industry can grow if the standards are met and they are followed and they are enforced."

"I try never to tell the Vermont--or suggest to the Vermont legislature what they should do in the vain hope that they would return the compliment."

"We had a strong bipartisan coalition we put together."

"We are willing to meet higher standards and we will do what is right, but give us some national standards so we are competing on a level playing field."