Patrick Leahy actually said...

"It was America that led the world in the recognition of human dignity and human rights."

"It is one of the most important hearings the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold this year."

"the rule of law in the United States means that no one is above the law--none of us as Senators, nobody in this room, and not the President of the United States."

"It was America that provided the model of a Nation that would not engage in such practices."