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U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-VT. , left, shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, May 25, 2009. Gilani briefed Leahy regarding anti-Taliban operation going on in northwest Pakistan. View Photo »
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U.S. Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell speaks at a news conference to announce new Forest Legacy funding in Richmond, Vt. , Monday, May 18, 2009. View Photo »
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US President Barack Obama (3rd-R) and Vice President Joe Biden (3rd-L) meet with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (2nd-R) ,D-NV, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (2nd-L),R-KY, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (R) ,D-VT, and Senate Judiciar... View Photo »
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , left, talks with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 13, 2009, during a hearing Senate Administrative Oversight and the Courts subcommittee hearing... View Photo »
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, shakes hands with Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, right, as Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , center, watches before the start of a hearing on the FY2009 war supplemental... View Photo »
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Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , left, stands with recording artist Sheryl Crow on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, during a news conference by recording artists about performance rights on radio. View Photo »
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Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , left, talks with recording artist Sheryl Crow during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, by recording artists about performance rights on radio. View Photo »
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Recording artist will. i.am, left, shakes hands with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , right, as Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, looks on, before a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, by recording artists about performance rights... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON - JANUARY 29: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (top) looks at his camera for the picture he took U.S. President Barack Obama signing the "Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act duringn an event in the East Room of the White House January 29, 2009 in Washingto... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON - JULY 29: Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (C) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (L) participate in a news conference on Capitol Hill July 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. View Photo »
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WASHINGTON - JULY 29: Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (C) and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (L) participate in a news conference on Capitol Hill July 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. View Photo »
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Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , speaks at a news conference to announce new Forest Legacy funding in Richmond, Vt. , Monday, May 18, 2009. View Photo »
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US Senator Patrick Leahy(D-VT) talks with guests invited to attend the swearing in of US Attorney General Eric Holder on February 3, 2009, at the Justice Department in Washington, DC. View Photo »
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Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , is followed by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 21, 2009, after attending a policy luncheon. View Photo »
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U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , takes a photo from the podium outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, a day before the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Barack Obama. View Photo »
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Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , right, talks with the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, prior to the start of the confirmation hearing of Attorney General... View Photo »
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U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , takes a bite of an ice cream sundae named after him in Burlington, Vt. , Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. Ben & Jerry's unveiled an ice cream sundae in honor of Sen. Patrick Leahy becoming Vermont's longest serving U.S. senator. View Photo »
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Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , talks about President-Elect Barrack Obama's cabinet announcements during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. View Photo »
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, (2nd L)(D-NV), hugs John Rockefeller (C)(D-WV) as Christopher Dodd (L)(D-CT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and his wife Marcelle watch after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) hugs Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) following the Senate's cloture vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. View Photo »
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U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-VT. , left, shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, May 25, 2009. Gilani briefed Leahy regarding anti-Taliban operation going on in northwest Pakistan.
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U.S. Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell speaks at a news conference to announce new Forest Legacy funding in Richmond, Vt. , Monday, May 18, 2009.
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US President Barack Obama (3rd-R) and Vice President Joe Biden (3rd-L) meet with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (2nd-R) ,D-NV, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (2nd-L),R-KY, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (R) ,D-VT, and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jeff Se...
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , left, talks with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 13, 2009, during a hearing Senate Administrative Oversight and the Courts subcommittee hearing to examine Bush administration's...
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, shakes hands with Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, right, as Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , center, watches before the start of a hearing on the FY2009 war supplemental on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thu...
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Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , left, stands with recording artist Sheryl Crow on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, during a news conference by recording artists about performance rights on radio.
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Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , left, talks with recording artist Sheryl Crow during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, by recording artists about performance rights on radio.
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Recording artist will. i.am, left, shakes hands with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , right, as Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, looks on, before a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, by recording artists about performance rights on radio.
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WASHINGTON - JANUARY 29: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (top) looks at his camera for the picture he took U.S. President Barack Obama signing the "Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act duringn an event in the East Room of the White House January 29, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON - JULY 29: Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (C) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (L) participate in a news conference on Capitol Hill July 29, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON - JULY 29: Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (C) and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (L) participate in a news conference on Capitol Hill July 29, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , speaks at a news conference to announce new Forest Legacy funding in Richmond, Vt. , Monday, May 18, 2009. More than 5,000 acres of forest in northern Vermont is going to be conserved with the help of a $1.8 million grant from the U.S. Forest Service.
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US Senator Patrick Leahy(D-VT) talks with guests invited to attend the swearing in of US Attorney General Eric Holder on February 3, 2009, at the Justice Department in Washington, DC.
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Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , is followed by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 21, 2009, after attending a policy luncheon.
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U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , takes a photo from the podium outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, a day before the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Barack Obama.
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Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , right, talks with the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, prior to the start of the confirmation hearing of Attorney General-designate Eric Holder.
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U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , takes a bite of an ice cream sundae named after him in Burlington, Vt. , Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. Ben & Jerry's unveiled an ice cream sundae in honor of Sen. Patrick Leahy becoming Vermont's longest serving U.S. senator.
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Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , talks about President-Elect Barrack Obama's cabinet announcements during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, (2nd L)(D-NV), hugs John Rockefeller (C)(D-WV) as Christopher Dodd (L)(D-CT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and his wife Marcelle watch after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul on Capitol Hill, in Washington, No...
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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) hugs Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) following the Senate's cloture vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev, center left, .gets a hug by Sen. Jay Rockefeller D-W.Va, as Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn. , left and Sen. Patrick Leahy D-Vt. , right, looks on after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad health care overhaul at Capitol Hi...
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (C) is greeted by Senator Jeff Sessions (L) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy as he arrives to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington November 18, 2009.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy (R) escorts U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder into the hearing room to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington November 18, 2009.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , listens as Attorney General Eric Holder, back to camera, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, before the committee's hearing on Justice Department oversight.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , right, and the committee's ranking Republican Sen Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. , left, stands with Attorney General Eric Holder, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, prior to Holder testifying before the commi...
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U.S. Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell speaks at a news conference to announce new Forest Legacy funding in Richmond, Vt. , Monday, May 18, 2009.
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I have been assured and was assured over the weekend we would fix Vermont's Medicaid problem
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The chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, has introduced a bill — the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act — that would repeal the insurance industry's limited exemption.
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When I was admitted to the bar there were very few women in the Vermont bar ... I think having a woman on the bench is a great role model for women, for women lawyers and for women non-lawyers.
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Consistent with my responsibilities as the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and my constitutional obligation to conduct rigorous congressional oversight, I request that the results of the internal investigations by the FBI and the Army be transmitted to the Committee on the Judici...
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Consistent with my responsibilities as the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and my constitutional obligation to conduct rigorous congressional oversight, I request that the results of the internal investigations by the FBI and the Army be transmitted to the Committee on the Judici...
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The American people should see this for what it is: more of the partisan, narrow, ideological tactics that Senate Republicans have been engaging in for decades as they try to pack the courts with ultraconservative judges ... What is at stake for the American people are their rights, their access to the ...
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The fact that someone like Mr. Obiang continues to travel freely here suggests strongly that the State Department is not yet applying the law as vigorously as Congress intended
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I think that Eric Holder, our Attorney General, is right; I think the president is right in holding the trials of these murderers in New York City ... What we're saying to the world is, the United States acts out of strength, not out of fear. I was a former prosecutor. I'd like to just see them prosecut...
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I think that Eric Holder, our Attorney General, is right; I think the president is right in holding the trials of these murderers in New York City ... What we're saying to the world is, the United States acts out of strength, not out of fear. I was a former prosecutor. I'd like to just see them prosecut...
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I think that Eric Holder, our Attorney General, is right; I think the president is right in holding the trials of these murderers in New York City ... What we're saying to the world is, the United States acts out of strength, not out of fear. I was a former prosecutor. I'd like to just see them prosecut...
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What we're saying to the world is the United States acts out of strength, not out of fear. I know when I go around Vermont, people say, let's try criminals. Let's try criminals like KSM. Let's get them convicted. We're very much a law enforcement type of state here
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More than a decade after Senator Kennedy began the effort to enact this legislation, we have finally acted to ensure that violence against members of any group because of who they are will not be tolerated ... It is one more step forward in protecting the civil rights of all Americans.
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The benefits of this investment will ripple through our economy and our energy system and will clearly support Vermont businesses, consumers, and our environment ... Vermont’s determination to be a leader in this new era will create jobs and foster cleaner, smarter energy.
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During the 17 months I chaired the Judiciary Committee during President Bush’s first term, we confirmed 100 of his judicial nominees and 185 of his executive nominees referred to the Judiciary Committee ... And yet, 10 months into President’s Obama’s first term, we have confirmed only two of his nominat...
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During the 17 months I chaired the Judiciary Committee during President Bush’s first term, we confirmed 100 of his judicial nominees and 185 of his executive nominees referred to the Judiciary Committee ... And yet, 10 months into President’s Obama’s first term, we have confirmed only two of his nominat...
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If Sri Lanka is to build real peace based on reconciliation and justice, a full and independent investigation is needed, and those responsible must be held accountable
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Senator Kennedy provided steadfast leadership on this issue for more than a decade, and the Senate’s action today is a testament to his dedication to enacting hate crimes legislation
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This program has become an economic engine in Vermont, and we have proven it with the creation of hundreds of jobs ... I want Vermont to stay on the cutting edge in harnessing these investments for economic development throughout our state. The biggest impediment to this program is its lack of permanenc...
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This program has become an economic engine in Vermont, and we have proven it with the creation of hundreds of jobs ... I want Vermont to stay on the cutting edge in harnessing these investments for economic development throughout our state. The biggest impediment to this program is its lack of permanenc...
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With this grant, VITL will be able to help physicians across Vermont begin the transition from paper to electronic health records
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Sure, I'm concerned about elements of it but we improved it dramatically over what was going to come out of the Senate Judiciary Committee ... The far left has problems. The far right has problems. We did what you have to do to get legislation through as Democrats and Republicans come down in the middle...
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Sure, I'm concerned about elements of it but we improved it dramatically over what was going to come out of the Senate Judiciary Committee ... The far left has problems. The far right has problems. We did what you have to do to get legislation through as Democrats and Republicans come down in the middle...
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We have taken the (Obama) administration up on its offer to work with us to 'provide additional protection for the privacy of law-abiding Americans' and have done so without undermining the operational effectiveness of the counterterrorism tools
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Congress never intended this [arbitration] law to become a hammer for corporations to use against their employees ... But in Circuit City, the Supreme Court allowed for just that when it extended the scope and force of the arbitration act by judicial fiat, so as to make employment contract arbitration p...
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