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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.
I reserve the right to object; actually I will. I say to my distinguished friend from New Hampshire, I would be delighted to discuss that. I am still reading this amendment. We have, for example, the requirement for full reimbursement. It…
Is the distinguished Senator from Arizona saying that we are unable to have what is called a retainer, or bribe, or anything else on a regular basis and have somebody who is part of the terrorist organization be giving information to us?
Mr. Mueller served as a Federal prosecutor in three different U.S. attorneys' offices, main Justice, in both Republican and Democratic administrations.
I voted for the Senate form because it marked a bipartisan effort on the Senate Judiciary Committee and Members on the floor. We worked in the committee and then in the Chamber to produce a more fair and balanced bill because of our…
I was very pleased to see Jeri Thomson become the new Secretary of the Senate. Knowing my own days as a brandnew Senator, the role of Secretary of the Senate was very important, and it is even more important now. I am delighted she is here.
I hope now that Mr. Olson has been confirmed as Solicitor General, he will listen very carefully to the debate and handle that position with the nonpartisanship and candor the office requires. I congratulate him on his confirmation and…
I want to have a vote on all three of these. I realize that is entirely up to the body. I am perfectly willing to have votes on all three of them. I point out, with respect to Mr. Dinh and Mr. Chertoff, I voted for them in committee, even…
It is deplorable, when I go around the rest of the world and see people literally die, literally die to have a chance to vote.
Will you assure us that you will look into and fully and honestly investigate the complaints of African-Americans and Hispanics?
I can assure you that the Democrats in the Senate want to move forward quickly.
I always regret when we are not able to work out matters through reason and cooperation. I do not believe it was appropriate for Republican members of this committee to deride Democratic members as acting 'irresponsibly' or 'despicably' or…
I note my amendment does not allow a separated spouse to somehow shield assets because the bill already counts income of the debtors from all sources. The definition of ``current monthly income'' on page 18, lines 4 to 21, of the bill…
Mr. President, our amendment protects the identity of minor children in bankruptcy court records. It permits a debtor to withhold the name of a minor child in the public record, especially as these records go on the Internet where anybody…
While much attention has been focused on online privacy and the use of personally identifiable information by commercial web sites, the Federal Government is a huge repository of personal information in both paper and electronic form…
If I may interrupt, I hope Senators who have amendments they want to bring down, and I hope they will because I think many of us would like to get some amendments that would be in a position to be voted on perhaps early tomorrow morning so…
I don't know. We have several pending amendments that could all be voted on. I have one or two. We have the yeas and nays ordered, and I am willing to have a 2- or 3-minute time agreement. I suggest to those who keep complaining about why…
It is a possibility that the Chair may rule it is not germane and he would not get a vote, contrary to the commitment given by the Senate majority.
I tell my friend from North Dakota it is in the Congressional Record that the majority side gave a commitment to the Senator from New York to have a vote. I would like to know when that vote will occur. I am a man of great and deep abiding…
An important responsibility of the Senate Judiciary Committee is fulfilling the mandate set forth in Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution, ``to promote the progress of science and useful arts by securing for limited times to authors…
If you had a car dealer that grossed that amount of money, considering the fact they often make only $100 or $200 on a car, although the cars sell at $30,000 or $40,000. By the same token, the collection unit might be 20 people and they…
Are we going to change the definition of small business in the bill that the Senator from Delaware cosponsored?
If we talk about grosses, that would be one that is matching a 20-person unit of a credit card company that would gross several billion dollars.
I join the Senator from Utah. We will now know anytime the Democrats are told they are not doing their job it will be coming straight from the Senator from Utah. Senator Abraham is very fortunate to have her there. Senator Abraham is a…
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