Patrick Leahy actually said...

"No one is entitled to a free pass to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court."

"The Justice Department in the first Bush term was the least accountable Justice Department in my lifetime. Meaningful oversight and accountability were thwarted for years. We will be looking to see if..."

"I think he was just having a bad day, and I was kind of shocked to hear that kind of language on the floor."

"The administration has made it a practice to deny oversight cooperation to Congress. The stonewalling in the prison abuse scandal has been building to a crisis point."