Patrick Leahy: “I was disappointed when I saw that the President's budget proposed to eliminate rural housing service grant programs.”

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

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.

Do not turn your material, do not turn your reports over to the Executive Branch and let them tell you what is or is not classified.

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