Patrick Leahy actually said...

"I think the most important thing is we continue the negotiations, and I do not think the Congress, whether responding to various lobbies or not, is a place to conduct a negotiation."

"Like in any diplomacy, you have to go down a lot of dead ends before you hit the right one."

"There is strong bipartisan support to help Jordan."

"I think all of us hope we can get agreement on a bill that the President can sign, so we just don't have speeches on the floors of both bodies, but no piece of legislation at the end."