Patrick Leahy

I think that there should be sunset provisions, and we should look at them periodically and we should actually debate them in a free and open society.

And I will be waiting to see those specific examples either in open or classified fashion.

Now, we collect millions and millions and millions of records through 215, but dozens of them have proved crucial or critical.

Of course, in Boston, if you are talking about the marathon case, what the FBI could have done was to pass on the information to the Boston authorities.

I want the American people to know that we are trying to be transparent here, protect civil liberties and privacy, but also the security of this country.

These cuts are the opposite of strategy, but they appeal to those who want to duck responsibility for their own policies.

This 'do things as they have always been done' is not acceptable.

I would hope any local prosecutor who knew what they were doing would not be taking the position almost of blaming the victims.

I personally called Senator Grassley on Sunday morning to let him know that we had agreed to that request.

I do not hold him responsible for those numbers.

All we are saying is that if you are going to be getting relief from the Federal Government but you have a better way to rebuild your culverts, you can do it that way rather than to have the ones that failed before. I am sure there are a…

The burden of the Justice Department to prove that they really need to take this extreme measure with the press, and he said that he -- on the face of it, he's concerned that the government may not have met that burden.

I cannot think of anybody better for the President to pick to be U.S. Ambassador at Large for Women's Issues.

The administration's spending request is a significant drawback from freshwater fish restoration.

It is a matter of huge import, not only to farmers that use pesticides, but also to those who are involved in organic farming without pesticides.

I was proud to vote for your confirmation. I think your diversity of experience is going to be very good for us.

If I'm a U.S. NGO operating in a foreign country, how do I use USAID Open to see if there's a way I can partner with USAID?

I think Jordan has taken on an extraordinary burden, and I think you'll find strong bipartisan support here for any help we can give them.

It's amazing what happens.

I'm worried that we end up with NGOs sometimes that have some very good and innovative ideas, but they're not part of the groups that have usually worked with USAID.

Every administration has recognized this. Doesn't matter if you're a Republican or Democrat, we've got to do this in a way where we're saving lives.

Is it an oversimplification to say that for the same number of dollars you're feeding more hungry people?

I think it's a moral issue, too, when you're representing the wealthiest, most powerful nation in the world.

I think sometimes people don't understand that USAID's budget is about protecting the American people and our ability to compete in the world and to project American ideals.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if all the rest of the world could be the same way?