Patrick Leahy actually said...

"Do you remember when the gavel came down on the final vote, a number of people in the back of the room stood up and shouted, 'Viva, Leahy'?"

"This country, to its credit, has responded to humanitarian crises around the world."

"I want to thank Chairman Leahy of the Senate Judiciary Committee for authorizing this hearing to take place in Rhode Island and for his support for reauthorization of the JJDPA."

"If we do nothing now, pretty soon the people will no longer govern the corporations; the corporations will govern the people."