Patrick Leahy: “Last year we went back and forth to add $1.6 billion to the administration's budget request for fiscal year 2004.”

Congress was the original classification authority (OCA). It let that power essentially slip away to the Executive Branch.

If the Senate doesn`t repair itself we are in deep trouble in this country.

On February 23rd of this year, Senators Schumer and Coburn and I wrote you a letter commending your decision to sever ties with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR.

If we can't clearly and unequivocally condemn the actions of white supremacists, or simply acknowledge the January 6, 2021, attack on our Capitol for what it was, an insurrection, we fan the flames of hatred and violence.