Patrick Leahy

The same polluting industries that are supposed to be regulated by this, are writing the regulations.

I hope so, because I don't know what you tell mothers, fathers, and grandparents.

The EPA's credibility is gone.

The technology says we could do 90 percent, doesn't it?

I appreciate that, and I don't have to leave.

To say you've done something you were required to do is commendable, but you were required to do it.

I keep hearing the statement the Bush Administration was the first ever to propose a mercury regulation.

Today, I am concerned that the administration is trying to roll back the Clean Air Act, and to let large pollutants off the hook when it comes to toxic emissions like mercury.

My concerns, if these rollbacks succeed, are that we will undermine not only decades of work restoring Lake Champlain, but countless other rivers, lakes and streams all over the country.

There is a strong bipartisan and growing outcry about the administration's latest retreat from the Clean Air Act in your mercury proposal.

The situation on the Burma-Thailand border is disturbing, and if sufficient funds cannot be found from the MRA budget then the administration should consider using ERMA funds to ameliorate this situation.

I am pleased we are in agreement. As I know of your strong interest in the region, I hope we can continue to work together to support United States funded programs through Southeast Asia.

In other words, under this ruling, if the doctor had invited his auto mechanic because he might like to watch breast exams, put him in a white coat, it would be the patient's fault for saying: By the way, is this another doctor? Is this…

Frankly, I would hope I could say to my wife or my daughters, there would be a right of privacy issue here. For those who say there is no privacy in a case such as this, they have never been in a doctor's office for an examination.

The traditions of the Senate mean so much, and most of them are there for a reason. The tradition of having to get clearance from home State Senators--and, of course, every State is equal in the Senate. But Federal judges have an enormous…

Let me say this. Again, I have been here with six Presidents, Republican and Democrat. Presidents have always sought advice and consent. They have not always liked what they have heard. Five of the six Presidents have been willing to work…

I agree, this can be an issue and probably should be an issue in the election, but let's make sure it is an issue on the facts. There is this discussion we heard on the floor this last hour or so of the great vacancies. That is balderdash…

I heard the Senator's question about delaying on this question of judges. Could it be that our friends on the other side, having blocked 61 of the President's nominees usually because of one Republican's objection, are concerned that…

It has been my experience in over a quarter of a century on the Appropriations Committee, through six administrations--President Ford, President Carter, President Reagan, former President Bush, President Clinton--that both Republicans and…

What we are saying is just build the firewall, not rob Peter to pay Paul from these conservation programs, especially CRP, which I support. CRP is used in the Senator's State of Iowa a great deal. I have always supported the other…

I wanted to point out this amendment doesn't take it out of the CRP. As the Senator knows--he serves on the Agriculture Committee--I have been a strong supporter of CRP straight through. It is just that the original farm bill took it out…

The senior Senator from Nevada is absolutely right. In fact, of those appropriations, we have held up the appropriations for our veterans, and we can't find time to vote on the floor. Appropriations for our law enforcement people are being…

I agree with my colleague. When countries do not have access to TB drugs, people die needlessly and when TB treatment is interrupted, this leads to the development of more deadly multi-drug resistant TB--which can cost hundreds of…

We are at a challenging time in our Nation's history. Over the last several days more than 200 people have been killed or wounded in Baghdad. The number of unemployed Americans has been at or near levels not seen in years, poverty is on…

My question to the Senator is: Insofar as the majority of hijackers at the time of September 11 were from Saudi Arabia, and insofar as we know from press accounts--not classified material but press accounts-- that a lot of funding of…