Patrick Leahy
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Joseph Leahyis an American politician and the senior United States Senator from Vermont. He has been in office since 1975. A member of the Democratic Party, Leahy served as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate from December 17, 2012, to January 6, 2015. As President pro tempore, he was third in the presidential line of succession. He is the most senior senator and took office at a younger age than any other current senator. Leahy received...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 March 1940
CountryUnited States of America
I take him at his word that he will steer the court to serve as an appropriate check on potential abuses of presidential power.
I regret that instead of accepting our many previous invitations to work with the Senate and increase the level of consultation and cooperation to help fill judicial vacancies, the White House repeatedly has chosen to continue down its path of trying to politicize the process,
has gone way beyond anything that the United States said it would tolerate.
Data banks offer powerful tools for security screening, but they also raise privacy dangers.
Our alliances and our credibility are crucial elements of our working capital in advancing America's interests in the world, and they have been eroded over the last four years.
A victim is a victim is a victim. We should stop setting up standards that say we will have one standard of law enforcement for one group of victims but not for another.
The part that frightens the hell out of me is the goverment deciding where technology goes.
The FBI wanted us to introduce the 1994 Digital Telephony bill today and I said absolutely not. They have to understand they have a Vermonter as the Chairman Of the Technology and Law committee and that we Vermonters respect our privacy.
You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.
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?
We have reached the point that if you have a medical record, credit card or computer, you have a privacy problem,