Patrick Leahy

I think it is a great example of a successful partnership with the Federal Government.

I am going to introduce legislation to ensure that dairy can participate in the H2-A program.

I am a strong believer in EB-5 because I have seen how well it has worked in my State.

I have long supported the EB-5 immigrant investor visa, and in particular the EB-5 Regional Center program.

My concern is obviously you have to look at the immigration question, and you do not want fraud in it.

Kevin Pearce has been recognized as one of the best athletes that Vermont has produced. Like all Vermonters, Marcelle and I hold him in our prayers and thoughts after a devastating snowboarding accident while preparing for the 2010 Winter…

I will support this nominee, but I should mention again that Senate Republicans have not allowed us to vote on a judicial nominee for almost 2 weeks. By this date in George W. Bush's Presidency, the Senate had confirmed 52 Federal circuit…

I am pleased to join Senator Harkin in supporting the 'Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act,' and I thank him for scheduling this hearing today so that we can move this important civil rights legislation.

I am concerned that this severe reduction could result in the dismantling of the RISS program and hamper our ability to share law enforcement information and technology across jurisdictions.

I believe that information sharing among law enforcement agencies plays a critical role in the fight against crime and terrorism.

In 2004, Senator Kyl and I successfully enacted legislation, the Crime Victims' Rights Act, to provide the victims of violent crimes a set of procedural rights under Federal law.

Are there ways the Government might make the fishermen, the small business owners, the residents, and other victims of the oil spill whole immediately?

Isn't it safe to say that there are many, many, many cases where a person has given a great deal of information about a crime they have committed after they have been given the Miranda warning?

I applaud you and the Department of Justice and the FBI for what they have done.

I think that is the appropriate thing to do. Trying to get people to sign away their rights for a mere $5,000 when the damage that they might have would far exceed that is clearly the wrong thing to do.

VAWA has done an exemplary job of recognizing, defining, allowing services to go specifically to those communities.

I also find that in very rural areas, very small towns, we also have a problem where people do not even want to speak about being a victim of abuse.

Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the tremendous importance of the Violence Against Women Act in these challenging economic times.

You somehow feel you have to keep that hidden.

I wish that had been available, those things had been available when I was State's attorney.

I advocated for increased funding of VAWA programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Now that we have settled all the problems of the world, up here are Senator Franken and Senator Klobuchar, Senator Sessions, and Senator Hatch.

Well, the idea of stopping it before it happens is so important.

Well, we put extra money in the Recovery Act, we put $225 million. I had argued strongly for that.

I cannot stress enough how important it is for Congress to reauthorize VAWA to sustain, strengthen, and enhance our Nation's efforts to end violence against women.