Patrick Leahy

My colleague is absolutely correct. It was a cataclysmic change in the political landscape of Vermont.

We come to the floor oftentimes to discuss issues of portent to the Nation, but the distinguished Senator from Vermont and I wish to speak about one of the most significant people Vermont has ever known. I wish to yield to my distinguished…

When you have 8 or 9-year-old girl who's being raped by gangs that are sending them up here, are they being sent by their parents to escape that kind of violence, I'm not sure Americans all really feel we should immediately send them back.

Assuming that any long term solution to this exodus requires effectively addressing its root causes, why is less than 10 percent of the supplemental being requested for that purpose?

We can't turn our backs on these kids. We can't hold ourselves up... as some paradigm of human rights protections.

It is a lot easier to snipe than actually have to vote.

This administration should be saying we should follow the law. These kids need to be protected.

We are better than that.

We strongly believe that in responding to this humanitarian crisis, we must not set aside our fundamental commitment as a nation.

We have to set an example ourselves, and following our law is a good way to start.

This seems like a classic case of robbing Peter to pay Paul.

I agreed with President Bush when he signed the 2008 law. I think it speaks to our moral values as a country.

We are not being overrun by these kids. We are a country of 300 million people.

We are asking those who serve us in government to pause, consider the repercussions and enact legislation that protects the interests of all businesses, great and small.

Please champion net neutrality and do all you can to support an open Internet.

The fate of the Internet will be decided in the next few months and what is decided in those few months might be very, very difficult or impossible to undo.

I am not going to endorse any effort to do otherwise, and your voices should be so heard.

This actually has been fascinating, more so than--usually, the hearings we have in Washington, every Member of the Committee is supposed to be on four different committees.

Expensive fast lanes for the few could really jeopardize and ruin the entrepreneurial opportunities that companies like this have developed for themselves.

We cannot afford a society where information is available to only those who have deep pockets.

We cannot build thousands of new needed businesses, we cannot have top-notch education for our kids, we cannot get America out of the economic rut it is in when the one tool that can help make it all happen is controlled by a handful of…

To safeguard Internet commerce from a troubling future, to guarantee that every person with an idea and real perseverance has a fair shake at achieving the American dream, we support Senator Leahy's legislation.

I think this hearing is so timely. We have got folks here on the front lines whose access to the Internet is crucial to the jobs that they have created.

The practical political effect of what they have done is to advantage the Republican Party.

They have advantaged the Republican Party and its use of partisan gerrymander in Vieth v. Jubelirer.