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Patrick Leahy is a former United States Senator from Vermont, serving from 1975 until 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the longest-serving senator in Vermont's history and held significant leadership roles, including President pro tempore of the Senate. Throughout his tenure, Leahy was known for his work on issues such as civil liberties, health care, and environmental protection. He played a key role in various legislative efforts, including the Violence Against Women Act and initiatives to reform the criminal justice system.
In closing, I would just add that there have been recent reports of a possible ``deal'' with Mr. Taylor under which he would go into exile in exchange for immunity from the Court. While I want to see an end to the fighting in West Africa…
Yes. In fact, I am going to work with Senator McConnell, with the goal of providing $2 million in the fiscal year 2004 foreign operations bill for additional support to the Court.
It is extremely low. Actually the vacancy rate is lower than the unemployment rate in the country. It probably wouldn't be any, had it not been for the fact that 60 of President Clinton's nominees were blocked because 1 or more Republican…
I hope also that your Department will look and find out whether that merger brought about the severe drop in prices to the producers.
I hope I have your commitment that your Department will continue to look at it.
I would hope you look very carefully at the issues that Senator Kohl and others have raised on this.
The best thing about this country is to have diversity of views, diversity of opinions.
I believe they will deny this, but I believe they have done this--actively censored different artists and others.
I have raised concern about the recent proposal by H.P. Hood and National Dairy Holdings to join.
I do worry about the geographic boundaries of our marketplace being pushed further and further out.
If we are going to combat SARS, or terrorism for that matter, there are a lot of other nations we have got to be involved with.
We are the most powerful nation on earth, we are the wealthiest nation on earth and we have a worldwide economic and military reach--to go it alone.
The irony would be if Iran became less of a theocracy, more of a democracy, and the opposite happened in Iraq.
The Ayatollahs in Iran make no secret of the fact that they want very much for a new government in Iraq to resemble theirs in Iran.
It is disturbing that key officials in this Administration seem determined to weaken the State Department.
The Pentagon has a role to play after conflicts end, but the State Department should have the final say.
You are doing an excellent job. You have been an invaluable voice of reason and moderation for the Administration's foreign policy.
We have exceeded the Administration's budget request for foreign assistance every year.
I reject that view. I believe his attacks against people who work for you are unfair and misguided.
That is a misstatement of history. Diplomacy achieved important results, including a unanimous vote in the U.N. Security Council.
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