Patrick Leahy actually said...

I think the recent events we've seen in this country show that these vicious crimes are a continuing problem.

On June 24, 2009, Senator Leahy introduced the Crime Victims Fund Preservation Act of 2009, of which I am a cosponsor.

I believe in that debate, political rhetoric has drowned out reason and reality.

I do not want what appears to many people to be one rule for white America and a different rule for black America.