Patrick Leahy actually said...

"I know for 2 years Sikh Americans have been asking that there be a special category on the Hate Crime Report so that we can keep track."

"It was clear that at least for the last 10 or 11 years, there has been ample evidence of prejudice against Sikh Americans, even violence against Sikh Americans."

"I worry that we get into these same kinds of things here. I worry, of course, about the cost to the taxpayer."

"We find more and more people incarcerated for longer and longer, but what I am hearing from Governors of both parties..."