Patrick Leahy actually said...

"Thank you very much. And, unfortunately, as Senator Specter was referring to, everybody has about five different committees going on at once, but Senator Specter and I have always worked together in p..."

"In 1999, I introduced legislation with Senator Kohl and Senator Hatch and others that led to the creation of a license for satellite companies to provide local broadcast stations in local markets for ..."

"Congress has facilitated the growth of the cable and satellite industries by providing a statutory license to retransmit broadcast television to consumers."

"I urge the Committee to work to assure that residents of rural areas such as the area I represent receive satellite television at reasonable cost with programming relevant to the State of Vermont, the..."