Patrick Leahy

We avoid all this if we could have, as we had in my experience with every President...

I would be happy--I always have concerns about recess appointments.

The American people deserve better. They deserve an Attorney General who is accountable and independent.

Americans deserve an Attorney General who will be honest with them.

I was proud to stand with President Bush when he signed that.

Is the Department of Justice going to vigorously enforce the Voting Rights Act?

I applaud the Department's continued efforts to ensure that Americans do not have their constitutional right to vote taken away by efforts at voter suppression and disenfranchisement.

The right to vote is the lifeblood of our democracy.

In my experience, independent audits by Inspectors General helped build the confidence of the American people in the activities of our Government.

The Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program, which Chairman Leahy has long championed

I believe the only way to truly get to the bottom of these dangerous leaks is to appoint an independent special prosecutor.

A victim is a victim is a victim, and it is hard to say we will include some but not others.

I think of my own parents when they were alive; they would not have had a Government-issued ID.

We will be strong in our defense of the Voting Rights Act.

The recent action in Florida that purged Florida's voter rolls of legal voters is only one of many efforts under way.

I applaud the administration's effort to police itself, but I think we can do more.

We cannot backslide on what we have done to protect every American's right to vote.

We support the Senate version of that bill.

The executive branch has an enormous advantage in these discussions versus the legislative branch

The providing of exculpatory evidence to a defendant should be the sine qua non of any prosecution

Everybody knows that Ted Stevens was a friend of mine, but even if Ted Stevens was somebody I never knew, I would be bringing this hearing because I believe that prosecutors bear unique responsibilities in maintaining the integrity of our…

We all know that our constitutional framework provides that all individuals are guaranteed the right to fair treatment and a fair trial.

The Attorney General did the right thing in directing, even after the guilty verdict, the dismissal of the Stevens case because of all the misconduct there.

The legislation proposed by Senator Murkowski would disturb this careful balance without a demonstrable improvement in either the fairness or the reliability of criminal judgments.

The citizen's safety lies in the prosecutor who tempers zeal with human kindness, who seeks truth and not victims, who serves the law and not factional purposes, and who approaches his task with humility.