288 ordspråk av Patrick Leahy
Patrick Leahy
We've given billions of dollars to the Department of Homeland Security. I voted for those billions of dollars as a member of the Appropriations Committee. We have given as many tools as they've asked for. What in heaven's name was happening?
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We've opened a Pandora's box, but I think it's not all that bad we opened it.
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Well, this kind of condescending attitude does not go over well with the Senate, ... We have the responsibility to determine how best to do it. Now they've done it on their side. Now it's up to the Senate to decide how to do it.
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were a bad idea in the first place, they're a bad idea today, and they'll be a bad idea tomorrow.
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What strikes some people as 'indecent' or 'patently offensive' may look very different to other people in another part of the country.
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When people look at that, [they] say, 'What are you talking about? This little boy should be back with his father.' That's why there are no hearings.
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when some of the most controversial surveillance powers in the act operate under a cloak of secrecy.
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When terrorists strike, first responders are the first people we turn to.
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Whether I agree or disagree with the opinion of the Supreme Court, it will be the ultimate law of the land and I will work to uphold it, ... All of us hope that we're not going to be down to a point where the final election is going to be done across the street in the Congress.
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While we have made some progress, much is left to be done.
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Why do the President and Vice-President constantly change the subject when asked to explain why things are going so badly in Iraq? The answer is simple. They have been consistently wrong about Iraq, and the results speak for themselves.
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Why is it that the far right said she had to be withdrawn because they could not be sure how she would vote, but these same people within minutes of his nomination strongly favored him?
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will touch on the Microsoft situation but more broadly on how best to promote competition on the Internet.
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winks and nods and quiet promises over conference calls.
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You can't ask how are you going to rule on upcoming cases, but there is no reason you can't ask about various cases from the past,
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