Patrick Leahy actually said...

we seem to be robbing that public--nothing against protecting this country from terrorism, but when you do so by robbing hometown security a...

I'm happy to be an original co-sponsor of that Act.

We then had one very important thing happen: we had 9/11, which put huge additional burdens on State and local law enforcement.

I believe we should restore the COPS program and the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program to the levels that worked so effectively in the ...