Patrick Leahy actually said...

"I was concerned when the first plans came out, they were going to take 10 acres of prime farmland from an adjacent landowner."

"If anybody wants to see whether bipartisanship still exists in Congress, they do not have to look any further than this subcommittee."

"But you could let me know."

"To me that's a sign of a regime that is afraid of its own people and that wants to hide its actions from the rest of the world."