Patrick Leahy: “I know you are committed, the President is committed, General Myers, and everybody else is committed to getting aid…”

I can say with absolute certainty that the proposed rules directly conflict with the legislation on a variety of matters, especially on provisions that limit access to the PTAB.

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.

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

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