Patrick Leahy actually said...

"Its passage and reauthorization were a signal achievement in support of the rights of women in America."

"times change. I was mentioning to others earlier, when I was a prosecutor we did not have any of these programs"

"It does not make any difference whether it is a family member, a current or past spouse, a boyfriend or girlfriend, an acquaintance or a stranger. It is a crime. It is a crime. It is a crime."

"It would have been very easy for you and your husband to just say that is it, we have had a tragedy, we are shutting off the rest of the world. But, instead, you are helping people."