Patrick Leahy actually said...

I am just wondering why we fund big NGOs that have no track record in a country if we have a small NGO that has a good track record?

Leahy questions funding decisions favoring larger NGOs over effective local organizations.

02/27/2012

More Patrick Leahy Quotes

the rule of law in the United States means that no one is above the law--none of us as Senators, nobody in this room, and not the President ...

It was America that led the world in the recognition of human dignity and human rights.

It was America that provided the model of a Nation that would not engage in such practices.

We owe them our gratitude and our honor, but we also owe them our commitment to do whatever we can to help them in their vital mission.