Patrick Leahy Quotes on America (13 Quotes)

The position of attorney general is of extreme importance, ... The attorney general needs the full confidence of the president, and needs the full confidence and trust of the American people.

The quake yesterday, the rupture moved to the southeast, ... American Morning.

This hearing is the only opportunity for the American people to examine what kind of justice John Roberts will dispense.

I am appalled at their audacious disregard for the health of the American people, ... It is time to put people first, and to stop letting the big polluters and the special interests write the rules and run the show over at EPA.

If anyone needed a reminder of the racial divide that remains in our nation, no one can now doubt that we still have miles to go. I believe that the American people still want, expect and demand their government to help ensure justice and equal opportunity for all and especially for those who, through no fault of their own, were born into poverty.

let some healthy sunshine into the Senate to exposed a flawed rule that puts special interests over the health of the American people.

We should have been eagerly telling that part of the world, especially the Muslim part of that world, that we here in America are generous, are good people, and we are strongly committed to help them.

The attorney general plays a role in bringing people together, ... But Senator Ashcroft has often taken aggressively activist positions on a number of issues that deeply divide the American people. He had a right to take these positions, but we also have a right and duty to evaluate how these position will affect his conduct as attorney general.

The U. S. Supreme Court has looked at this, the Florida Supreme Court has looked at this. Basically they end up saying, 'Let's count the ballots.' I don't want partisan party line votes in the House or the Senate determining this, it should be the voters of America that determine it.

This is the only chance the American people, all the American people, have to see what he is, ... It is the only chance, no matter what part of the country you are from, no matter who you are, this is the only time you get a chance to see - this is the person who is going to be given the power to protect my rights, so it is important to do it well.

The rest of America, including the Senate, deserves to know what he and the White House know. We don't confirm justices of the Supreme Court on a wink and a nod. And a litmus test is no less a litmus test by using whispers and signals.

We need to consider nominations as thoroughly and carefully as the American people deserve. No one is entitled to a free pass to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.

I've been sitting on my porch all summer reading everything I can about Judge Roberts. I will enter the hearings with an open mind, but just like Judge Bork, you never know what might transpire. We've got to get to the bottom of these documents and really go to work for the American people.