"The very decision to initiate what amounts to a criminal investigation, whether or not it is formally designated as such, is too weighty to be outsourced to commissions operating outside of the constitutionally prescribed tripartite framework of our National Government."
"We do not have any provisions in our Constitution that puts some people, elected or otherwise, above the law."
"It is not enough to say that America is discontinuing the policies and practices of the recent past."
"The longest serving member of this Committee, Senator Edward Kennedy, half a dozen or a dozen times was told he could not board a flight."
"There can be no doubt that we must fully understand the mistakes of the past in order to learn from them."
"I would like, therefore, to thank Senator Leahy for introducing Senate bill 1653, the Federal Judgeship Act of 2009."
"I would also like to thank Senator Whitehouse and Senator Leahy for scheduling this hearing."
"Congress has facilitated the growth of the cable and satellite industries by providing a statutory license to retransmit broadcast television to consumers."
"Thanks to the Leahy provision added in the 2004 reauthorization, DirecTV subscribers in Bennington and Windham counties do have access to Vermont television stations."
"I urge the Committee to work to assure that residents of rural areas such as the area I represent receive satellite television at reasonable cost with programming relevant to the State of Vermont, the..."
"Thank you very much. And, unfortunately, as Senator Specter was referring to, everybody has about five different committees going on at once, but Senator Specter and I have always worked together in p..."