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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.
The fundamental question here is not whether these were shoddy legal memos. They were shoddy legal memos. Everybody knows that.... It failed to cite significant case law; it twisted the plain meaning of statutes. The legal memoranda were…
Mr. President, today, I am pleased to join with Senator Grassley to introduce the Drug Free Communities Enhancement Act of 2010, a bill to authorize additional Drug Free Communities grants to help address major emerging drug issues and…
Mr. President, I would like to direct the attention of the Senate to an article that was recently published in the Rutland Herald about Seldon Technologies, located in Windsor, VT. This article describes the laudable efforts of a Vermont…
Madam President, on January 28, 2010, I introduced S. 2968, the Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendment Act of 2010, along with the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Sessions. I appreciate that the Senate moved…
Mr. President, lucky is the town that has a good civic minded newspaper. Vermont is fortunate to have several, and two reasons for that are the brothers Emerson and Angelo Lynn. The Lynn brothers have shown how public spirited newspapering…
Mr. President, this evening the Senate will proceed to a vote on a well-qualified nominee for the seat vacated by Justice Alito when he was confirmed to the Supreme Court. Two weeks ago, I came to the floor to address one of the latest…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for Senator Menendez to be able to have 3 minutes also. I ask for an additional 6 minutes for the Senators from New Jersey, which is considerably more than I had. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…
Madam President, no apology is necessary. The only reason I raised that is because I heard what the order was earlier this afternoon. Today the Senate will finally consider the nomination of Judge Joseph Greenaway to fill the vacancy…
Madam President, my understanding is that time was to be used for both Becker and Greenaway. I was wondering, since Greenaway is the first vote we are going to come to, whether we will have time on that. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time is…
Madam President, if the Senator would yield further, the reason I was here is I was told the time, 45 minutes, was to be used for both nominations. If the Senator from Iowa wishes to use all the time for his nomination, I also point out…
Madam President, we have several Senators who wish to speak on the first vote that is coming up this afternoon, the Greenaway nomination. Is the Senator going to give us any time? Because our time is also being used by him right now. I was…
Mr. President, I rise this afternoon to call the Senate's attention to a significant agreement that was signed late last Friday night to preserve the current government in Belfast and continue the long road toward permanent peace in…
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