Pat Leahy
Pat Leahy
Patrick Leahy is a United States Senator from Vermont...
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I am sorry that they had to go in after him this way, but I don't know what choice the attorney general had. The father actually had custody, legal custody of this child for the last nine days. The relatives in Miami would not give him up.
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I was a little shocked and a little excited, a little bit of everything. This is where I want to be, this is why I signed with them. I want to play in Boston and I'm just thrilled right now.
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We had an historic opportunity to pass a bipartisan bill that offered Americans tough but fair immigration reform, and I am disappointed that the Republican-controlled Senate missed two chances to make that progress this week.
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What a great honor it is for all of us - Republicans, Democrats and independents - to serve in this body. Only 100 of us get a chance to do it at any given time. Some day we will be replaced by others. What an honor it is to be here, but what a responsibility.