Patrick Leahy actually said...

"I urge the Senate to confirm Eric Holder as the next Attorney General of the United States. He will make us all proud."

"I think there is no better person than Eric Holder to restore integrity and honor to the entire Department of Justice."

"I think all of us, Republicans and Democrats, wish we were inheriting the economic situation that President Clinton left to his successor rather than the one that is being left to President Obama."

"A threshold question lawmakers should ask is whether reporters will obey the law if it is enacted."