Patrick Leahy actually said...

"I know you both know the 86th Mountain Brigade, that's upward of 1,800 very proud citizen soldiers from the Vermont Army National Guard are going to begin a deployment, either end of this year or earl..."

"We've written to you on the question of more transparency of where equipment goes--we appropriate the money for it, and we kind of lose sight as it comes off the assembly line, where it goes."

"We owe them our gratitude and our honor, but we also owe them our commitment to do whatever we can to help them in their vital mission."

"the Federal Government could not get it out or act quickly enough."