Patrick Leahy actually said...

"The fact is you and I can go to any country that will let us in, but there is only one country in the world we need permission from our own government to go to, and that's Cuba."

"But if you've got 600 people that are gone, they're obviously not going to be there to help."

"You've sought to reassure our allies that the U.S. will remain a global leader. With this budget, cutting money for diplomacy and development by an average of 30 percent, China and Russia are expandin..."

"The billion dollars cut now affects the countries who are not going to be self-sufficient, and it's just penny-wise and pound-foolish."