Patrick Leahy: “So we need to see, the American people need to see a real commitment, one that is truly so, to make the laws real and…”

Do not turn your material, do not turn your reports over to the Executive Branch and let them tell you what is or is not classified.

Congress was the original classification authority (OCA). It let that power essentially slip away to the Executive Branch.

People in the Trump administration who know nothing and care less about these programs are arbitrarily jeopardizing relations with a strategic partner in one of the most challenging regions of the world.

On February 23rd of this year, Senators Schumer and Coburn and I wrote you a letter commending your decision to sever ties with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR.