Patrick Leahy

There are areas that I see it as being especially helpful in rural areas.

I want to thank Secretary Shinseki for not only making this goal a priority, but for putting this goal within our reach.

Elimination of HUD-VASH Program

But it happened there were homeless veterans that would come to the VA hospital, which is nearby, to get care, but had no place to live.

Through this partnership, HUD and VA will provide permanent housing and services for 30,000 homeless veterans and their families.

I will have questions. Especially on the question of homeless veterans, Madam Chair, Vermont now has on a per capita basis the largest number of troops overseas...

That is music to my ears. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Trust me, we could use more.

President Obama handled the selection process with the care the American people expect and deserve.

I wholeheartedly agree with Justice Stevens; it is in the best of the Court and, of course, of the country.

I would like to follow that example, because last year we proceeded with the hearing on the nomination of Justice Sotomayor 48 days after she was designated.

I introduced the Refugee Protection Act of 2010, S. 3113. It brings the United States into compliance with the Refugee Convention.

I suggested to the President what I have suggested to every President, Republican or Democratic, to look for somebody outside the judiciary monastery.

We can correct the law and protect refugees without diluting the bars to admission for dangerous terrorists and criminals.

I think that repealing that 1-year filing deadline--as I said, the reasons why the 1-year filing deadline was enacted were really resolved years ago by 1996.

I think your bill actually does that. I recognize the complexity of the balancing of interests here to ensure that we do not open the door to people who would want to do great harm to our country.

The Act gives statutory meaning to our National commitment to human rights and humanitarian concerns.

I think that every one of us has to take that responsibility seriously, standing in lieu of 300 million of our fellow Americans.

I will let Senator Sessions speak for himself.

We did work cooperatively to send a bipartisan questionnaire to the nominee last week.

I thank all Senators for joining me in support of the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act Improvements Act of 2010. Passage of this legislation demonstrates the Senate's strong bipartisan support of all the men and women who serve in law…

The decision in the Air Force fiscal year 2011 budget to pull C-130s from the Air Guard and Reserve into the active duty Air Force is troubling.

Air Force leadership has come out on the record opposing the F136 alternate engine program for the Joint Strike Fighter.

I have to go to meet up with her. But, I am delighted to see Secretary Donley and General Schwartz here.