Patrick Leahy

Judge Jackson is no judicial activist. She is not a puppet of the so-called radical left.

I thank the senior Senator from Washington, and I echo the call for HHS and SAMHSA to prevent significant funding cliffs. The State Opioid Response grant program must facilitate the ongoing work States are performing to preserve…

I thank the Senator for clearly laying out the Senate's intent for the ongoing administration of this program--I agree. I would like to ask the Senator from Washington if she agrees as well?

I would like to ask, given this context, if the Senator from New Hampshire agrees that both the House and the Senate have made clear that funding cliffs for this program will hamper States' ability to effectively address the opioid…

I would like to ask the junior Senator from New Hampshire about her experience with this program.

The State Opioid Response grant program has been critically important to communities that have been affected by the ongoing opioid epidemic. Rates of substance use disorders have grown exponentially, particularly during the pandemic…

Would you agree that the challenges related to climate change are regionally distinct?

President Biden could not have chosen a finer nominee.

She knows how to work across the aisle.

I commend both those Republicans and Democrats who joined with me last year to get the extra money for the Capitol Police.

I never thought I would see a day like that, a violent mob driven by the rhetoric and the lives of a disgraceful former President of the United States.

I hope that we can all come together, both parties, to get appropriations bills through this year.

Their sacrifices should not be papered over by those who want to pretend nothing happened.

When we are the wealthiest nation on Earth and we cannot handle our nutrition needs, that is a national security problem as well as anything else.

We need to do more than just get the food on the table. It needs to be healthy and nutritious food.

Every single Republican in the House voted against it.

The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which is named for the late Civil Rights icon John Lewis.

This is an important and timely hearing.

After 15 very long months, Vermont is finally back to its pre-pandemic unemployment levels of 2.6 percent.

Given the administration's priority of taking care of our people, and the important role that unit cohesion plays in improving readiness, it's crucial that the Navy take a fresh look at policies and practices that may not support all…

I thought the law was pretty clearly written.

It gives a totally strange conclusion in our State.

In rural States the IRS is one of the only elements of the Federal Government that taxpayers interact with annually.

Please tell them to go back and read, read the law.

The growing wave of voter suppression laws in dozens of States raise serious concerns.