Patrick Leahy: “The statute, ECPA, that you made reference to that Chairman Leahy wrote 25 years ago does provide in those instances in…”

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.

I can say with absolute certainty that the proposed rules directly conflict with the legislation on a variety of matters, especially on provisions that limit access to the PTAB.

If the Senate doesn`t repair itself we are in deep trouble in this country.

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