Patrick Leahy

The NAACP strongly supports legislation in the Senate that would fix our Nation's immigration laws

I am deeply disappointed that my country has treated Renato this way, and I am furious that we cannot live together in the U.S.

The Uniting American Families Act needs to be passed now.

This simply says that for immigration purposes we are not going to single out these couples and say, 'You cannot sponsor your partner.'

It is this kind of injustice, this kind of gratuitous cruelty that the Uniting American Families Act would correct.

Federal policy should encourage rather than restrict our opportunity as Americans to sustain the relationships that fulfill our lives.

It is time for the United States to join 19 other nations, many of which are our closest allies, in providing our gay and lesbian citizens this benefit under our immigration laws.

No American should face that kind of a choice.

The NAACP supports the provisions in the Uniting American Families Act because the NAACP strongly believes that the definition of 'family' is not restrictive

We can right this wrong by passing the Uniting American Families Act.

We should try to be able to root out fraud.

The NAACP supports the Reuniting Families Act, Senate bill 1085, introduced by Senator Menendez of New Jersey

I think one of the goals for us is to ensure that that does not happen, that there is swift and certainty of punishment, and that exclusion is much more likely to occur.

I want to know what the strategy is, and be sure that our goals are realistic and we do not get mired in a costly war that drags on indefinitely.

I have supported President Obama's decision to refocus on the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

I opposed the invasion of Iraq and believe President Bush's decision to do so was a colossal mistake that did nothing to make us safer and cost us dearly.

I want to be in a position where we don't have to do each other's jobs.

It is good foreign policy, it is good for our security, but there's also a moral aspect when you're the wealthiest, most powerful nation on Earth. We have a moral responsibility to help in these areas.

Pay comparability is in the Senate version of the supplemental.

What are we doing about Israel and the Palestinians? We've seen settlement construction not only continue after Israel said they wouldn't and even accelerate over U.S. objections.

I hope you continue to work with this subcommittee, because I think most of us on both sides of the aisle would like to see that.

The President has set a new course. He's replaced arrogance with vision and has the courage to take risks.

I would like to see the State Department return to its dominant role, its rightful role, as it was under former great Secretaries like George Marshall and Dean Acheson.

We've also learned, as many of our military leaders have said, that military force is usually not the best option.

I think political ideology and bullying some times replaced common sense and the judgment of career Foreign Service officers.