Patrick Leahy

You have suggested that the Constitution and laws should be grounded solely in the original meaning of the text.

It appears the President outsourced your selection to the far right, big money, special interest groups.

I think it was shameful. I think it has severely damaged the reputation of this Committee.

If confirmed, you have to be a Justice for all Americans, not for the special interests of a few.

The Supreme Court is the guarantor of the liberties of all Americans.

I can honestly say I have yet to decide how I am going to vote on this nomination.

The same Federal privacy protections and enforcement mechanisms that apply to proprietary set-top boxes today should apply to third-party navigation systems as well.

President Trump has proposed a different approach. He wants to make deep cuts to domestic programs to pay for increased defense spending and to build a misguided and expensive wall on our southern border.

Unfortunately, the progress we have made is in jeopardy as medical research funding and so many other programs are in the crosshairs for fiscal year 2018.

Medical research holds tremendous promise and is responsible for breakthroughs with diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's.

You can't hit a pause button on research.

$25 billion for a wall or the Mexican border which will have to come from somewhere in here, a huge increase in defense spending.

I think the medical research is one of the most vital things in our country.

We cannot have a small minority in the Congress block what we need to do.

We should not talk as though we do not have the power to do it.

I remain committed to doing more to protect investors to root out fraud within the program, increasing fraud investigations, requiring additional oversight.

You can't let these proposed rules be diluted or discarded, because this thing will just spin out of control.

The worst abusers of a government program should not be given veto power over its reform.

The whole project of deployment and deterrence is implemented right now.

Get out the checkbook.

Do I agree with the President in saying we should have a constructive relationship with Russia rather than an adversarial one? Yes, if that is possible.

I think that supporting the independence of our friends and allies when they are under a threat of attack is in the United States' national interest.

We need an independent investigation into Russia's interference in our election.

It is also the benefit of hearing directly from the representatives of countries that have experienced Russia's military aggression.

We know the stakes involved.