Patrick Leahy: “Everybody wants to help out in a tragedy. I just want to make sure that it's the people that get helped out.”

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

Many hoped that President Giammattei would reject the corruption and impunity that his predecessors institutionalized. The reappointment of Attorney General Porras, who according to the State Department has ``repeatedly obstructed and…

We thought that the decision that was made was prudent and long overdue.

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.