Patrick Leahy

I urge the Committee to stay focused on that balance.

This is as close to robbery as you can think of.

We are pleased that Chairman Leahy and Senator Lee have introduced legislation to address this problem.

Thank you, Mr. Dwyer.

We also support the creation of a registry.

Chairman Leahy, we support your legislation to address the problem of unfair and deceptive demand letters.

I want meaningful but targeted reform that can actually pass.

Our bill targets the sending of misleading demand letters as a deceptive trade practice.

The Concepcion and Italian Colors decisions stack the deck in favor of corporations and against consumers and workers.

The bill does not prohibit arbitration. If a consumer or a worker or a small business owner wants to take his claim into arbitration, then by all means he or she is free to do so.

On December 14, America's heart was broken when 20 young children and 6 dedicated educators were murdered.

I think we would also agree that the vast majority of people who work with you--and I do believe this--are very honest and would not want to do anything to betray the country they serve.

Shouldn't the NSA assess the utility of its various collection methods in a systematic way?

I have expressed grave concerns about how a 29-year-old subcontractor can come walking in and that your system of checks and balances and all was not good enough to stop him from walking out with a huge amount of data.

I really feel that our oversight has not been adequate.

Because we can do something, does it really make sense to do it?

I am always thinking what it would have been like if he had had the power that you and the NSA have.

Support from the technology industry is representative of the broad-based, bipartisan support for our legislation.

I worry about giving up too much.

Whether somebody thinks he is a hero or a villain is not so much the question as it is, I think we can all agree, that a lot of the material that has been released because of him has been very damaging to the United States.

We want to require in criminal matters that the Government obtain a probable cause warrant to gain access to the contents of electronic communications.

The American people have played a pivotal and leading role in providing assistance and support to Jordan over the years.

We thank you for your strong leadership on this committee and support to Jordan.

Both Senator Graham and I want to help in any way.

We have all been following the humanitarian catastrophe that continues to unfold for the people of Syria and surrounding countries.