Patrick Leahy said "We are amending the Constitution. We are the most powerful nation on Earth. We are also the most powerful democracy history has ever known. No other country has achieved, in economic or military power, the diversity the United States has. No other country has even come close to such a clear and concise Constitution as we have. We have only amended it 17 times since the Bill of Rights. Yet, in the past few weeks, since the elections last fall, we have had 75 proposals to change the Constitution. Can you imagine, Mr. President?…" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 7, 1995

We are amending the Constitution. We are the most powerful nation on Earth. We are also the most powerful democracy history has ever known. No other country has achieved, in economic or military power, the diversity the United States has. No other country has even come close to such a clear and concise Constitution as we have. We have only amended it 17 times since the Bill of Rights. Yet, in the past few weeks, since the elections last fall, we have had 75 proposals to change the Constitution. Can you imagine, Mr. President?…

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Patrick Leahy

Democratic · Vermont

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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of numerous proposals to amend the Constitution.

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