Patrick Leahy actually said...

"I hope that the people, whether they are for or against the position that I or others might take, I hope they do not think they are going to really help their cause by doing this."

"It is time to proceed to comprehensive action to bring families out of the shadows."

"If we want to keep firearms away from domestic abusers who are not supposed to have them anyway, we have to improve the background check system."

"We have statistics that show women in this country are killed at an alarming rate by domestic abusers with guns."