Patrick Leahy actually said...

"I urge my colleagues to support this legislation."

"We could easily confirm all of these noncontroversial judges that are on the floor."

"My personal feeling is that what we should do about it is to leave all parliamentary remedies available as to those courts for whom the candidates had that Gang of 14 agreement broken."

"I regret it because I think that the agreement was a sensible outcome and served the Senate well."