Patrick Leahy actually said...

"We need help and support from CBP to make it happen."

"I want to thank you and your whole Department for all of the help and support you have provided to the State of Vermont in the wake of Hurricane Irene's devastation last August."

"Development assistance to Afghanistan and Pakistan remains a critical component to supporting our core U.S. national security objective to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda."

"Incidentally, we urged him to move as quickly as he could on that."