Patrick Leahy actually said...

"If we did not have our embargo, you would have so many American companies down there, fighting for the chance to do this and very openly doing it, it would have accomplished a lot more than this progr..."

"Whose idea was it for this specific program? I have read the legislation."

"Well, we conduct programs in lots of different places without branding or advertising USAID."

"There is the clandestine nature of the program that was not disclosed to the appropriations subcommittee with oversight responsibility."