Patrick Leahy actually said...

Cooperation and interoperability are especially critical among State and federal partners.

Leahy highlights the importance of collaboration between state and federal law enforcement.

06/19/2011

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The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act has been pending in the Senate for more than a decade.

I commend Senator Kennedy for his leadership in this effort over the years.

I would just say, therefore, that when we now carve out a different class of people that may also deserve that kind of protection, we need, ...

We did pass the Federal hate crime legislation in 1968 in the wake of the assassination of civil rights icon Martin Luther King.