"I can assure you all three will have my support, both in the Committee and on the floor."
"Opening Statement of Senator Patrick J. Leahy"
"This program, also administered by USAID, has helped so many."
"Too many programs, as you know, are written in stone and nothing changes."
"Unfortunately, as we have discovered, this is no longer the textbook case that peace treaties are signed, armies march away, tanks withdraw, and all is peaceful again."
"I am proud to have my name on that, but I am more proud about what has been done with it."
"We talk about where the War Victims Fund has been used, and I think of Vietnam and President George H.W. Bush, the first President Bush, who was looking for a way to build confidence with Vietnam."
"Well, thank you. Because as long as I am here in the Senate, I am not only going to remember that little boy in the field hospital in the jungle of Honduras, but I am also going to remember all of the..."
"you, Senator Leahy, have been the champion of for so many years is really critical."
"I think of Dr. Nadim Karam. I met him, and I assume that this is what you mean by the type of partner. He is a remarkable person, for his vision and his commitment."
"To not respond, I think, goes to our conscience and our moral standing in the world."