Patrick Leahy

Mandating military custody in these situations merely hampers the FBI's ability to react swiftly and flexibly in gathering intelligence and evidence.

We are losing too many fine law enforcement officers in the line of duty.

I know Director Mueller is keenly aware of their sacrifice and is focused on how best to protect those people who protect us.

We voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act here in the Senate.

I have joined Senator Mark Udall in cosponsoring the Due Process and Military Detention Amendments Act, which would repeal that mandatory military detention requirement.

It is appropriate that we welcome Director Robert Mueller of the Federal Bureau of Investigation back to the Committee during National Police Week.

I commend the FBI for also continuing to combat corruption.

I agree with what Senator Whitehouse says. We are in a sometimes rapidly changing world...

I am afraid just because somebody wants to make some money on something that really does not apply, they end up stifling innovation.

Senator Kohl and I wrote to the Justice Department about this issue.

It may be anticompetitive for them to then use the International Trade Commission to enjoin competitors from using that standardized technology.

As Chairman Leahy and Senator Grassley noted, the report makes clear that intellectual property is a key driver of our economy.

I introduced along with Senator Grassley to strengthen the penalties for trafficking in counterfeit drugs.

As we move into the 21st century, intellectual property becomes one of America's most important assets.

If you want to protect American industry, that is not a Republican or Democratic idea or issue.

Reserving the right to object, and I do not believe I will object, is this based on the unanimous consent agreement that was entered into by the two leaders? I ask, through the Chair, the Senator from Texas, is this amendment No. 2086?

I will speak further about the Violence Against Women Act because I believe the Leahy-Crapo, et al, bill has the best balance possible to protect the most people possible.

I have heard from law enforcement all over the country saying they support this.

I saw a report way back in 1997 by Human Rights Watch. It talked about the abduction of children by a heavily armed Ugandan rebel group called the Lord's Resistance Army.

We have got to protect ourselves, but we have got to balance it with what makes us great as a Nation, our privacy and our civil liberties.

We consider privacy to be one of the most important values we have.

I applaud the people in our country who do try to keep us safe, and we know that we will continue to have new procedures.

Well, you know, we talk about WikiLeaks. There is a case where we had some real--the leaking of parts of it was just embarrassing, but other parts really went at our National security, and in some cases I think a case could be made that…

I would like to see some public exposure of whoever the num-nums were--that is a professional Vermont term--who allowed all that stuff to be put on a computer.

Safeguarding our liberties is not a Democratic or a Republican idea. It is an American idea.