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2004

December
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  • 29 - News Release Leahy Calls For Additional Aid For Tsunami-Stricken South Asia

  • 23 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy After White House Holiday Announcement That The President Will Renominate Controversial Judicial Nominees

  • 22 - Fact Sheet - Leahy: Administration Stonewalling On Torture Policy Documents

  • 22 - News Release - Leahy And Jeffords Call On President To Release Additional Home Heating Assistance

  • 09 - News Release - New Leahy Law Targets New Era Of War Criminals

  • 08 - Reaction - Senator Patrick Leahy’s Statement In Support Of And Reaction To Senate Passage Of The National Intelligence Reform Act
    08 - News Release - Leahy Secures $1.75 M. To Continue And Expand Vermont’s Anti-Heroin Initiative

  • 08 - News Release - Leahy Secures Millions More For Lake Champlain In Budget Bill Signed Wednesday By President Bush

  • 07 -News Release - Congress Approves Leahy Provision To Halt USDA Raiding Of Conservation Funding Programs Important To Vermont And Its Farmers

  • 07 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy: Leahy Seeks Gonzales’ Cooperation On Torture Policy Answers

  • 03 - Reaction - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, Co-Chair, Congressional Internet Caucus, To The President’s Signing Of The Internet Tax Non-Discrimination Act

  • 02 - News Release - Leahy: New Milestone For Vermont’s First Responders; Leahy-Authored Fund Formula Brings State's Police, Fire And Rescue Units Another $14 M.

  • 02 - Reaction - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy To The President's Nomination Of Gov. Mike Johanns To Be Secretary Of Agriculture

  • 02 News Release - Leahy Secures Nearly $600,000 To Restore And Preserve Historic Vermont Buildings

  • 01- News Release - Leahy Secures Latest Boost For Lower Connecticut River Valley Economic Redevelopment: $2 Million For Bellows Falls Transportation Center

  • 01 - News Release - Leahy Secures $2 Million For Route 2 Improvements In Danville

November
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  • 30 - News Release - Leahy: Village Of Johnson To Receive $2 Million Facelift

  • 29 - Comments - Of U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy On The Nairobi Summit On A Mine-Free World

  • 23 - News Release - Leahy Delivers $500,000 For North Country Hospital Dialysis Unit

  • 23 - Statement - Senator Patrick Leahy's End-Of-Congress Wrap-Up Report On Judicial Nominations

  • 23 - News Release - Vermont Low Income Families To Get Modest Boost In Home Heating Assistance

  • 22 - News Release - Leahy Bill Once Again Boosts Local TV Service In Vermont; Expansion For Windham and Bennington Counties Clears Congress

  • 19 - News Release - Congress Approves Reinstating Internet Tax Moratorium

  • 18 - News Release - Hatch-Leahy Bill Reforming Copyright Arbitration Clears Congress

  • 17 - News Release - Foreign Aid Bill Conferees Vote To Tap Unused Iraq Reconstruction Funds For Emergency In Sudan’s Darfur Region

  • 16 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Nomination Of Thomas B. Griffith To The United States Court Of Appeals For The D.C. Circuit

  • 15 - News Release - Leahy Files Brief In Court Case To Protect Email Privacy

  • 15 - Reaction - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt., Ranking Member, Senate Foreign Operations Subcommittee) To The Resignation Of Secretary Of State Colin Powell

  • 10 - Reaction - Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), To The President’s Intention To Nominate White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales As Attorney General November 10, 2004

  • 09 - News Release - Leahy: Burlington Arm Of General Dynamics Wins Army Contract For $23 M. To Continue Production Of Life-Saving Vehicle Armor Being Used In Iraq

  • 05 - News Release - Bingaman & Leahy Urge President to Offer Assistance to Flood-Damaged Haiti

October
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  • 30 - News Release - Leahy DNA/Death Penalty Reform Bill Becomes Law

  • 26 - News Release - National Guard Adjutants General Commend Senate National Guard Caucus Co-Chairs Bond And Leahy With Distinguished Service Award For Their New Law That Gives Guard New Authority To Carry Out Homeland Defense Missions

  • 18 - News Release - Leahy Urges Privacy Protection in New Patient Microchip

  • 18 - News Release - Bush Signs Homeland Security Funding Bill; Vermont’s First Responders To Receive At Least $11.25 M. Under Leahy’s ‘All-State Minimum’ Formula

  • 15 - Letter - Senators Call For Investigation Into Campaign Finance Violations By Sinclair Broadcasting Group

  • 14 - Letter - Vote Registration Fraud Charges -- Leahy, Kennedy Ask Ashcroft To Investigate

  • 12 - News Release - Congress Passes Bill Renewing Leahy Program Providing Bulletproof Vests To Police Officers

  • 09 - News Release - White House And Its GOP Allies Kill MILC Extension . . . For Now

  • 09 - News Release - Congress Approves Expanded Medical Benefits For Members of Guard and Reserve

  • 09 - News Release - Senate Passes DNA/Death Penalty Reform Package

  • 09 - Text - Justice for All Act of 2004: Section-by-Section Analysis

  • 09 - News Release - National Guard To Receive New Authority To Carry Out Homeland Defense Missions

  • 09 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy The Justice For All Act Of 2004

  • 09 - Floor Remarks - The Bush Iraq Policy Has Been Consistently Wrong Senate Floor Remarks

  • 07 - News Release - Leahy Urges Senate Vote on DNA Bill; Calls on White House To Stop Blocking Progress

  • 07 - News Release - Leahy Bill Providing Family Farmers With Bankruptcy Protections Clears Senate 

  • 06 - News Release - House Passes Leahy Measure to Expand Local TV Service To Windham and Bennington Counties

  • 06 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy On Proposed Creation Of A Civil Liberties Board

  • 06 - News Release - Senate Passes Hatch-Leahy Bill Reforming Copyright Arbitration …Bill Would Help Small Webcasters In Vermont And Elsewhere 

  • 06 - News Release - Leahy Hails House Passage Of DNA Bill, Calls On President Bush And Attorney General Ashcroft To ‘Get Out Of The Way’ Of Bipartisan Package That Has Overwhelming Bipartisan House And Senate Support

  • 06 - News Release - Senate Passes Leahy-Grassley Amndt. Increasing Oversight of FBI Translators

  • 06 - News Release - Leahy Criticizes Flu Failure, Asks How Bush Admin. Prepares For Other Biological Attacks

  • 05 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee) Hearing on “Maximizing Voter Choice: Opening the Presidency to Naturalized Americans”

  • 01 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy On Abuse of Foreign Detainees

  • 01 - News Release - Leahy,Grassley Push Greater Oversight of FBI Translators

  • 01 - News Release - Senate Votes To Renew Leahy Program That Provides Bulletproof Vests To Police Officers  …Vt. Departments Have Purchased 1,900 Vests Through Program

September
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  • 30 - Reaction - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) To EPA Inspector General’s Rebuke Of Administration’s Loophole For Coal-Fired Powerplants

  • 30 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (Ranking Democratic Member, Senate Judiciary Committee) Executive Business Meeting

  • 30 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (Ranking Democratic Member, Judiciary Committee) On Judicial Nominations

  • 30 Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (Ranking Democratic Member, Judiciary Committee) On The Nomination of David Nahmias

  • 29 - News Release - Leahy Bill Boosting Funds For Boys & Girls Clubs Clears Congress …Measure To Add Clubs In Vt. And Nationwide Goes To President’s Desk

  • 27 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) On The Unclassified Executive Summary Of OIG Audit Of FBI Translation Unit

  • 27 - News Release - Vermont Communities Get Federal Funds To Fight Drugs …$199,000 To Boost Local Anti-Drug Efforts In Rutland And Orleans-Essex Counties

  • 24 - News Release - Senate Passes Resolution on Security In Haiti

  • 24 - News Release - Vermont Nets $576,047 To Reduce Untested DNA Backlog …As Leahy’s Death Penalty Reform Package Progresses In Congress

  • 22 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (Ranking Democratic Member, Judiciary Committee) Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee

  • 22 - News Release - Senate Judiciary Committee Launches Pioneering Closed Captioning Project

  • 22 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on “A Review of Counter-Terrorism Legislation and Proposals, Including the USA PATRIOT Act and the SAFE Act”

  • 21 - News Release - Senate Judiciary Panel Clears Hatch-Leahy Death Penalty Reform Bill

  • 21 - News Release - From the Vermont Congressional Delegation: Senate Panel Votes to Extend MILC Program

  • 21 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Citizenship Hearing on “Refugees: Seeking Solutions to a Global Concern”

  • 21 - News Release - Bush Stacks 9-11 Civil Liberties Board; Senators Call For Panel With Real Independence

  • 21 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy Executive Business Meeting S. 2742 Supreme Court Legislation

  • 21 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy Executive Business Meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004

  • 16 - News Release - Senate Passes Feingold-Leahy Measure Making U.S. Agencies Accountable On Data Collection ....Increased Congressional Oversight of Data Mining Technologies

  • 15 - News Release - Senate Panel Votes To Tap Unused Iraq Reconstruction Funds For Emergency In Sudan’s Darfur Region

  • 15 - News Release - Senate Vote Upholds Leahy 1st Responder Formula That Would Assure At Least $10 M. To Vermont

  • 14 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, Ranking Democratic Member, Senate Judiciary Committee, Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology Act (S. 1700)

  • 14 - News Release - Bush Nominates Leahy To U.S. Congressional Delegation
    To The United Nations

  • 14 - News Release - Leahy Announces $2M. For Vermont Crime Victims
    . . . Funds For Domestic And Dating Violence Training Programs Across Vermont

  • 13 - Statement  - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security “A Review of the Tools to Fight Terrorism Act”

  • 09 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, (D-Vt., Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee) on the Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology Act (S.1700)

  • 09 - News Release - Senate OKs Leahy Amendment To Halt Outsourcing Of 100 St. Albans Immigration Jobs

  • 08 - News Release -  Leahy Announces $590,000 For School Security Officers
    In Windham, Orange And Franklin Counties

  • 08 - Statement -  Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (Ranking Democratic Member, Judiciary Committee): Judicial Nominations Hearing

  • 07- Statement -  Of Sen. Patrick Leahy on the Confirmations of Virginia Hernandez Covington and Michael Schneider to the U.S. District Court

  • 03 - News Release -  Leahy Announces $2.2 Million To Fight Substance Abuse: Boys & Girls Clubs and Vermont Drug Task Force Receive Grants

  • 02- News Release -  Big Boost For Clean-Burning Alternative Fuels In Vermont:
    Leahy Secures Nearly $2 M. For State’s 1st Natural Gas Fast-Fueling Station For Burlington And UVM Buses

  • 01 - News Release -  Members of Congress Want Truth on Tuna and Mercury Rule Analysis

August

  • 31 - News Release Leahy Announces $1.3 Million That He Secured For Bellows Falls Transportation Center

  • 25 - Reaction - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt., Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee) To The Findings Of The Fay-Jones Report On Abuses At Abu Ghraib

  • 24 - Reaction - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt., Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee) To The Findings Of The Schlesinger Panel

  • 19 - Opening Statement - Of Patrick Leahy Hearing By The Senate Judiciary Committee “The 9-11 Commission And Recommendations For The Future Of Federal Law Enforcement And Border Security”

  • 17 - Letter - Senators Invite Copyright Input On INDUCE Act

  • 16 - News Release - Leahy: Good News For Goodrich Keeps Getting Better; $29 Million In New Leahy-Secured Army And Navy Contracts Strengthen Firm’s Role In Making Helicopters Safer

  • 10 - News Release - Leahy: Lyndonville Firm To Receive $2.4 M. Contract To Continue Crucial Work  On Bradley Fighting Vehicle Armor Systems

  • 06 - Letter - Vermont Congressional Delegation Letter Supporting State's Requests Concerning Vt. Yankee Inspection

  • 05 - News Release - Leahy, Jeffords Hail Arrival Of $2 Million For CCTA

  • 04 - Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy On Allegations Of Prisoner Abuse At Guantanamo

  • 03 - News Release - Leahy Announces $1.2 M. For Statewide Domestic Abuse Prevention

July

  • 23 - News Release - Leahy And Jeffords Introduce Bill To Set The Stage  For Lake Champlain’s 400th Anniversary
  • 22 - Reaction - Of Senator Patrick Leahy To The 9-11 Commission Report
  • 22 - Statement - Of Patrick Leahy Status Of Attempts To Obtain Administration Memorandums On Torture Policy And The Interrogation And Treatment Of Foreign Prisoners
  • 22 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Nominations Of Henry W. Saad, Richard Griffin And David McKeague To The United States Court Of Appeal For The Sixth Circuit
  • 22 - News Release - President Signs Leahy Led Initiative That Helps Off-Duty Police Protect Public
  • 22 - Opening Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Executive Business Meeting Of The Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 22 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, On The Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology Act
  • 21 - News Release - Senate Passes Sentencing Guidelines Res., Urges Supreme Court To Act
  • 20 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On S.J.Res.4, The Constitutional Amendment Authorizing Congress To Prohibit Physical Desecration  Of The Flag Of The United States Executive Committee Meeting
  • 20 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Nomination Of William Myers
  • 16 - Reaction - Of Senator Patrick Leahy To The Bush Administration's Decision, Announced Friday,  That It Again Will Withhold Funds Appropriated By Congress For The U.S. Contribution To The UN Population Fund
  • 16 - Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy On The Upcoming Senate Debate On The Nomination Of William Myers To The 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals
  • 15 - News Release - Vermont's Congressional Delegation Asks GAO To Examine NRC Oversight of Nuclear Materials

  • 15 - Comment - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Concerning The Review Wednesday Of DVD Videos Of Certain Initial Reaction Force Incidents Involving Detainees At Guantanamo

  • 14 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy After Senate Cloture Vote On The Federal Marriage Amendment

  • 14 News Release - Leahy And Sanders Call For Greater Access To Reimported Prescription Drugs

  • 13 - Statements - Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing On Federal Sentencing Guidelines VT Judge Sessions Testifies Before Senate Panel

  • 13 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy  “An Examination Of Section 211 Of The Omnibus Appropriations Act Of 1998”

  • 12  - News Release - Leahy: Community Anti-Drug Programs Get Federal Boost

  • 09 - News Release - Vermont's U.S. Senators Decry Bush Administration's Flawed Mercury Proposal

  • 09 - News Release - New Leahy Bill Targets Internet Phishing That Steals $2 B./yr. From Consumers

  • 09 - Comments -  Of Sen. Patrick Leahy On The Senate Intelligence Committee Report On Pre-Iraq War Intelligence  

  • 09 - Leahy-Grassley Seek Release Of IG Reports

  • 08 - News Release - Senate Passes Leahy-Led Initiative That Helps Off-Duty Police Protect Public

  • 08 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Nomination Of Claude Allen Executive Business Meeting Of The Judiciary Committee July 8, 2004

  • 08 - Statement - Of Patrick Leahy Status Of Attempts To Obtain Administration Memorandums On Interrogation And Treatment Of Foreign Prisoners Executive Business Meeting Judiciary Committee July 8, 2004

  • 07 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Setting The Record Straight On Judicial Nominations In North Carolina And Across The Country

  • 07 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Judicial Nominations

  • 06 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Class Action Fairness Act, S.2062

  • 06 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Nomination Of J. Leon Holmes

 

June

  • 29 - Reaction -  Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (Senate's Sole Opponent Of COPA) To The Supreme Court’s Decision On The Child Online Protection Act

  • 28 - Reaction - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee, To The Supreme Court’s Decisions In Enemy Combatant Cases

  • 25 - Leahy Spokesman’s Reaction - To Vice President Cheney’s Fox News Interview About His Choice Of Language In An Exchange On The Senate Floor With Senator Leahy

  • 25 - News Release - Congress Renews Child Nutrition Programs: Bill Includes New Leahy Provisions To Keep Milk On School Lunch Trays And To Bring Local Farm-Fresh Produce To School Lunchrooms

  • 24 - Statement -  Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The DeWine Amendment On Sudan

  • 24 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Decision To Go To War

  • 24 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy: Vermonter Peter Hall Wins Overwhelming Support From United States Senate For Seat On Appeals Court

  • 24 - Opening Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Ranking Democratic Member Business Meeting Of The Committee On The Judiciary

  • 23 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy  On Feingold Amendment On The CPA-IG In Iraq

  • 23  - Remarks -  Of Senator Patrick Leahy The Torture Memos And Squandered Leadership

  • 23 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On “The Law Of Biologic Medicine”

  • 22 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Introduction Of The “Inducing Infringement Of Copyright Act Of 2004”

  • 22 - Reaction - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee, To White House Release Of Certain Documents Relating To The Prison Abuse Scandal

  • 22 - Backgrounder And Timeline - Relating To Tuesday's Release Of Torture Memos By The White House

  • 22 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee On Terrorism, Technology And Homeland Security  Hearing On “Tools To Fight Terrorism:  Subpoena Authority And Pretrial Detention Of Terrorists"

  • 22 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee  Hearing On “Preserving Traditional Marriage: A View From The States"

  • 18 - Text -  Of Letter Sent By Vermont's Congressional Delegation To NRC Concerning Friday Morning's Fire  At Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant

  • 18 - News Release - Montpelier Goes Wi-Fi With Launch Of MontpelierNet

  • 17 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy- Hatch-Leahy Satellite TV Bill Clears Senate Panel

  • 17 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy - Senate Judiciary Republicans Vote To Continue Torture Scandal Cover-Up

  • 17 - Statement -  Of Senator Patrick Leahy Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting The Saad Nomination

  • 16  - News Release - Senate GOP Narrowly Defeats Leahy Measure Targeting War Profiteers

  • 16 - Opening Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Ranking Member, Judiciary Committee Judicial Nominations Hearing

  • 16 - News Release - Vermont Delegation Introduces National Dairy Equity Act

  • 15 - News Release - Vermont Delegation Announces EPA Brownfields Grants

  • 15 - Fact Sheet - On The Anti-War Profiteering Amendment To The Defense Authorization Bill

  • 15 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On “Biometric Passports”

  • 15 - News Release - Immigration Officials Opposed DHS Plan To Subject Immigration Functions To Possible Privatization

  • 10 - News Release - Leahy Taps USDA Aid To Help Northeast Kingdom Maple Sugar Farmers Promote Vermont’s 'Sweetest' Thing

  • 09 - News Release - Vermont Congressional Delegation Responds To NRC About Vermont Yankee Inspection

  • 09 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On “DHS Oversight: Terrorism And Other Topics” Secretary Tom Ridge

  • 08 - Reaction - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy To Attorney General Ashcroft’s Refusal To Provide Memos On Torture Policy

  • 08 - Opening Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Oversight Hearing Attorney General John Ashcroft

  • 08 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee “Beyond The Pledge Of Allegiance:  Hostility To Religious Expression In The Public Square” Hearing Before The Subcommittee  On The Constitution, Civil Rights & Property Rights

  • 04 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Low Power FM Radio

  • 04 - News Release - Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Hatch-Leahy Bill To Expand Boys & Girls Clubs

  • 03 - Remarks - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Presentation Of The  Jonathan Mann Award Global Health Council Conference

  • 03 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy: Leahy Decries Judiciary Committee GOP’s Focus On Political Wedge Issues 

  • 02 - News Release - Senate OKs Leahy Plan To Expand Guard And Reserve Health Benefits

  • 02 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Leahy-Backed Antitrust Bill Clears House;  Headed For Passage

  • 02 - News Release - Leahy: Vermont Receives $356,211 To Battle Underage Drinking

May

  • 28 - News Release - Vermont Receives $2.9 Million In Federal Funds, Under Program Created By Senator Leahy, To Match State Farmland Conservation Efforts

  • 27 - News Release And Statement - Leahy Offers Vermont Welcome To State’s WWII Veterans Visiting Nation’s Capital For Dedication Of WWII Memorial

  • 26 - Reaction - Of Senator Patrick Leahy To Secretary Veneman’s Withdrawal Of Changes To The Organic Program

  • 24 - News Release - Leahy Announces $2 M. To Reduce Local Drug Supply And Combat Drug-Related Crimes

  • 21 - Statements - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Confirmations Of Two Circuit Court Nominees

  • 20 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy A Colossal Failure Of White House Leadership In Iraq

  • 20 - News Release - Senators Call On EPA To Document The Fate Of 65 Tons Of Toxic Mercury

  • 20 - Reaction - Of Senator Patrick Leahy To The Conviction Of The Murderer Of Dawn Hamilton – 2 Decades After The Wrongful Conviction Of Kirk Bloodsworth

  • 20 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy: Leahy Presses FBI Director For Answers On Questionable Interrogation Techniques

  • 20 - News Release - Leahy Successfully Leads Effort To Keep Milk In Schools And Bring Farm-Fresh Produce To Cafeterias

  • 20 - News Release - Leahy: Vermont’s Victims Of Violence Against Women Receiving $781,000 To Reduce Crime And Help Victims

  • 20 - Opening Remarks - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Ranking Democratic Member Executive Business Meeting Of The Senate Judiciary Committee

  • 18 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Judicial Nominations And The Approval Of Marcia Cooke

  • 18 - News Release - Leahy Welcomes End To Judicial Nominations Impasse

  • 18 - Statement - Of Patrick Leahy On “Animal Rights: Activism Vs. Criminality"

  • 18 - News Release / Letter - Leahy Seeks Gonzales Memo On Geneva Conventions Pushes For Greater Oversight Of Administration
  • 18 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Foreign Operations Subcommittee Global HIV/AIDS Appropriations For FY2005
  • 17 - Letter - Leahy Calls On Rumsfeld To Release Reported Guantanamo Bay Videos Of Alleged Abuse
  • 14 - News Release - More Vermont Cops Get Bulletproof Vests  Through Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program
  • 14 - News Release - Leahy Announces $75,000 For Memorial Honoring Vermont’s Fallen Heroes
  • 14 -  Remarks - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Iraq Prison Scandal To State Convention Of The Vermont Association Of Trial Lawyers Sheraton, South Burlington
  • 13 - News Release - Senators Hail EPA Inspector General's Decision To Review  Administration's Mercury Rule
  • 13 - Opening Statement - Leahy Presses For Closer Oversight On Iraqi Prison Abuses
  • 12 - News Release - VPT President Urges Senate Panel To Reauthorize Leahy-Backed Satellite TV Law
  • 12 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On “The Satellite Home Viewer Extension Act”
  • 12 - Q & A - Senator Patrick Leahy’s Initial Question For Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld At The Hearing By The Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee On Defense
  • 11 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Threats To Affordable Housing And The Section 8 Voucher Program
  • 11 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Obesity And The School Lunch Room Tuesday
  • 11 - News Release - Leahy And Hatch Introduce Bipartisan Judicial Reforms Measure
  • 11 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology & Homeland Security  “Rapid Bio-Terrorism Detection and Response”
  • 10 - News Release - Leahy Announces $1.4 M. To Support Vermont Crime Victims
  • 10 - News Release - Leahy And Jeffords Call On Administration To Stop Pumping Gasoline Prices Higher By Filling Reserves Before America’s Gas Tanks
  • 07 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Status Of Asbestos Negotiations
  • 06 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Senate Floor "Prison Abuses In Iraq: A Failure Of Leadership, Not Of Followership"
  • 06 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Crisis In Darfur, Sudan
  • 05 - News Release - Leahy Slams Administration’s Delay In Informing Congress Of Iraq Prison Incidents
  • 05 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy  On The Abuse Of Prisoners In U.S. Military Custody
  • 05 - Response - Of Vermont's U.S. Senators Jim Jeffords And Patrick Leahy To NRC Uprate Review Proposal For VT Yankee
  • 05 - Statement - Leahy Blasts Senate Republican Leadership For Refusing To Solve H-2B Visa Crisis
  • 05 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee “Oversight Hearing: Aiding Terrorists – An Examination Of The  Material Support Statute” 
  • 04 - Comment - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Attorney General Spitzer’s Settlement With The Recording Industry Over Royalties Owed Performers
  • 04 - News Release - Leahy Presses For Senate Hearings On Prisoner Abuses In Iraq

 

April

  • 30 - News Release - Leahy Pays Tribute To The Late Pat Barr Of Vermont, A Partner In Ramping Up Federal Efforts To Target Breast Cancer

  • 30 - Letter - From Senator Patrick Leahy And Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey On The Sunset Provisions Of The USA PATRIOT Act

  • 29 - Reaction - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy To EPA Administrator Leavitt’s Announcement Thursday That He Will Extend The Deadline For Finalizing The Mercury Rule To March 15, 2005

  • 29 - Statement - Senate Passes Bill To Extend Ban On Internet Access Taxes - Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Internet Tax Non-Discrimination Act

  • 29 - News Release - Clinton, Leahy, Kennedy, Introduce Bill To Preserve Critical Quality Of Life Services For Members Of The Armed Forces And Their Families

  • 29 - News Release - Mercury Rule Comment Period Ends With Flood Of Public Objections; Leahy And Jeffords Call On Bush Administration To Listen, And To Reject EPA’s Industry-Written Mercury Rule

  • 29 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Groundswell Of Opposition To Bush Mercury Retreat

  • 29 - News Release - Leahy Pushes To Boost Funding For Boys & Girls Clubs

  • 29 - Statements - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Intellectual Property Legislation, Including The PIRATE Act, Approved By The Senate Judiciary Committee

  • 29 - News Release - Jeffords And Leahy Announce Grants For Vermont Airports

  • 28 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Hearing In The Senate Judiciary Committee “The Playwrights Licensing Antitrust Initiative Act: Safeguarding The Future Of American Live Theater”

  • 28 - Reaction - Of Senator Patrick Leahy To The Pending Motion In Federal Court To Force The EPA To Rewrite Lax Mercury Emissions Standards

  • 27 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Senate Passage Of The National Peace Officers Memorial Day Resolution (S. Res. 310)

  • 27 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Nomination Of Brett Kavanaugh April 27, 2004

  • 26 - Reaction - Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Ranking Democratic Member, Senate Judiciary Committee, To The Justice Department’s Referral Of The “Memogate” Case To David Kelley, U.S. Attorney For The Southern District Of New York

  • 26 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Senate Floor "The Greenwashing Of The Bush Anti-Environmental Record On The President’s Earth Day Visits To Maine And Florida"

  • 22 - Letter - From The Vermont Congressional Delegation To The NRC Requesting Detailed Information About The NRC's Discovery Of Missing Fuel Rod Pieces

  • 22 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Data-Mining Reporting Act Of 2003, S.1544

  • 22 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Hearing On “State And Local Authority To Enforce Immigration Law:  Evaluating A Unified Approach For Stopping Terrorists”

  • 22 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Senate Floor On The Bush Administration’s Environmental Shakedowns

  • 22 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Passage Of S.2329, The Victims’ Rights Act

  • 22 - Opening Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Executive Business Meeting Of The Senate Judiciary Committee

  • 22 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Executive Business Meeting Of The Senate Judiciary Committee On The NOPEC Bill

  • 22 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Ranking Democratic Member  Senate Judiciary Committee The Fairness In Asbestos Injury Resolution Act Of 2004

  • 22 - Comment - Senator Patrick Leahy’s Remarks About Mary McGrory Before The American Society Of Newspaper Editors And Newspaper Association Of America Omni Shoreham Hotel Ballroom

  • 22 - Remarks - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee American Society Of Newspaper Editors / Newspaper Association Of America Conference Panel On “Freedom of Information Under Siege” Washington, D.C.

  • 21 - Letter - From Senator Leahy To The American Bar Association Urging The ABA Not To Water Down Its Voluntary Model Code Of Judicial Conduct For Federal Judges

  • 20 - Statement - Senate Floor Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004

  • 20 - Statement - Senate Floor Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Diversion Of Funds For Military Operations In Iraq

  • 15 - Reaction - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy To The Launch Of Vermont Public Television By Satellite Over The DISH Network In Windham And Bennington Counties Thursday, April 15, 2004

  • 15 - News Release - Leahy And Jeffords Secure $2 M. For Windsor’s Seldon Laboratories

  • 15 - Address - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, School For International Training Brattleboro, Vermont: "America’s Credibility: The Underpinning Of An Effective Foreign Policy"

  • 12 - News Release - Senators Ask EPA Inspector General To Investigate Mercury Rule

  • 09 - News Release - Leahy Urges USDA To Reconsider  Reducing Number Of Vermont Family Farms  Eligible For Federal Low-Interest Loans April 9, 2004

  • 08 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Democratic Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On “Keeping America’s Mass Transportation System Safe:  Are The Laws Adequate?”

  • 08 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Foreign Operations Subcommittee Hearing With Secretary Of State Colin Powell

  • 08 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Democratic Member, Senate Judiciary Committee, On S.2290, The Fairness In Asbestos Injury Resolution Act Of 2004

  • 07 - Statement - Senate Judiciary Panel Explores Rise In Gasoline Prices (Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy Included)

  • 07 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Before The Subcommittee On Administrative Oversight And The Courts On “A Proposal To Split The Ninth Circuit”

  • 06 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On S. 2207, Medical Malpractice Legislation

  • 06 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Republicans Block The Real Priorities Of American Workers

  • 01 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Introduction Of The NOPEC Bill

  • 01 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting Nomination Of Peter Hall To The United State Court Of Appeals  For The Second Circuit April 1, 2004

  • 01 - News Release and Letter - Tripartisan Senate Coalition Calls On EPA To Draft Stronger Mercury Proposal

  • 01 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member The Myers Nomination Executive Business Meeting Of The Senate Judiciary Committee

March

  • 31 - Letter - From Vermont's Congressional Delegation To Nuclear Regulatory Commission Asking Swift Response To Vermont Public Safety Board's Requests [PDF file]

  • 31 - Reaction - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy  U.S. Invokes Congressional Restrictions, Cuts Off Aid To Serbia Over Non-Cooperation With War Crimes Tribunal In The Hague

  • 30 - News Release - Leahy Promotes Steps To Lower Rising Gasoline Prices

  • 30 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Committee On Appropriations Subcommittee On Homeland Security -  Homeland Sec. Official Calls Vt.'s LESC "Crown Jewel"

  • 30 - News Release - Leahy: U.S. Army Orders $17 M. In Life-Saving Vehicle Armor From Burlington’s General Dynamics

  • 30 - News Release - Leahy Pushes To Increase Number Of Temporary Work Visas

  • 29 - News Release - Leahy: $19 Million In New Round Of First-Responder Grants To Vermont Brings State’s Total To $40 M.

  • 26 - Reaction - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Ranking Member, Judiciary Committee,  And Member, Appropriations Subcommittee On Homeland Security, To The Hiring Freeze By The Department Of Homeland Security

  • 25 - News Release - Leahy-Hatch Bill Takes Aim At Copyright Infringement

  • 25 - News Release and Statement - Leahy Questions EPA’s Leavitt On Mercury Rule; ‘To be blunt, the Bush Administration has a credibility problem about its approach to the Clean Air Act and to mercury pollution’

  • 24 - Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee, On EU Antitrust Sanctions Against Microsoft

  • 24 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Judicial Nominations

  • 23 - News Release - Burton Snowboards Tells Leahy Panel More Tools Needed To Stop Counterfeiting Of Trademarked Goods

  • 23 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing “Counterfeiting And Theft Of Tangible Intellectual Property:   Challenges And Solutions”

  • 23 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On “A Proposed Constitutional Amendment  To Preserve Traditional Marriage”

  • 23 - Remarks - Of Senator Patrick Leahy The Dawn of Micro Monitoring: It's Promise, And Its Challenges To Privacy And Security  Conference On “Video Surveillance: Legal And Technological Challenges” Georgetown University Law Center

  • 19 - Reaction - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy To The Administration’s New Health Advisory On Mercury In Seafood

  • 18 - Reaction - Of Senator Patrick Leahy To Justice Antonin Scalia’s Refusal To Recuse Himself From The Cheney Energy Task Force Case

  • 17 - News Release - Leahy, Dodd Stake Friendly Wager On Thursday’s Showdown Between UVM and UConn Vermont Maple Syrup Staked Against Connecticut River Shad

  • 12 - News Release - Senate Passes Bipartisan DeWine-Leahy Budget Amendment Directing More Funds To Curb Global Spread Of Infectious Diseases

  • 12 - News Release - Leahy Receives Press Freedom Award

  • 12 - News Release - Consensus Emerges On Judiciary Committee For DOJ Probe Of Improperly Accessed Computer Files

  • 12 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On A Squandered Opportunity On Landmines March 12, 2004

  • 12 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Amendment To Increase Funding For Global Health Programs March 12, 2004

  • 11 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On S. Con. Res. 95, The Budget Resolution

  • 11 - News Release - DOJ Holds Summit To Address Defective Bulletproof Vests Leahy To Tell Participants Quick Response Will Save Lives

  • 11 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting March 11, 2004

  • 10 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Senate Committee On The Judiciary Hearing: “Letting The People Decide: The Constitutional Amendment Authorizing Congress To Prohibit Physical Desecration Of The Flag Of The United States”

  • 10 - News Release - Senate Approves Leahy Proposal To Expand Guard And Reserve Benefits

  • 10 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Judicial Nominations Hearing

  • 09 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Senate Appropriations Committee - Homeland Security

  • 04 - Joint Statement  - Of Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch, (R-Utah) And Ranking Member Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) On The Release Of The Pickle Report

  • 04 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Haiti

  • 04 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, Ranking Democratic Member, Senate Judiciary Committee On The Pickle Report On Stolen Judiciary Committee Computer Files March 4, 2004

  • 04 - News Release - Leahy:  Pentagon Places $57 Million Rocket Order With General Dynamics

  • 04 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting

  • 03 - News Release - Sens. Hatch And Leahy Receive "Memo" Report

  • 03 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Property Rights Hearing On “Judicial Activism Vs. Democracy: What Are The National Implications Of The Massachusetts Goodridge Decision And The Judicial Invalidation Of Traditional Marriage Laws” 

  • 02 - News Release - Leahy Hits Administration’s Credibility On The Loss Of U.S. Manufacturing Jobs...Redefining Taco Bells As Manufacturers Is Administration’s Poor Idea Of ‘Thinking Outside The Bun’

  • 02 - News Backgrounder - On Campbell-Leahy  Steve Young Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act Amendment On Gun Liability Legislation

  • 02 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Commerce-Justice-State Appropriations Subcommittee "FY 2005 Department Of Commerce Budget Request" 

  • 01 - Letter - Judiciary Democrats Send New Letter to Ashcroft on Stolen Memos

February

  • 27 - Statement and Backgrounder - Leahy Hits Bush Rollback Of U.S. Landmine Policy

  • 27 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Bush Administration's Revised Landmine Policy

  • 26 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Offering “The Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act” As An Amendment To “The Protection Of Lawful Commerce In Arms Act,” S. 1805

  • 26 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Executive Business Meeting Senate Judiciary Committee February 26, 2004

  • 25 - Letter - Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats' Letter To White House On Theft Of Stolen Memos February 25, 2004

  • 25  - Opening Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Judicial Nominations Hearing

  • 24 - Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., On President Bush’s New Push For A Constitutional Amendment To Ban Gay Marriage

  • 24 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On “Virtual Threat, Real Terror: Cyberterrorism In The 21st Century”

  • 23 - Comment - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Interim Rule For Handling Critical Infrastructure Information At DHS (FOIA Exemption Issue)

  • 23 -  Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Medical Malpractice Legislation (S.2061) February 23, 2004

  • 20 - Reaction - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Ranking Democratic Member, Senate Judiciary Committee, To The President’s Recess Appointment Of William Pryor To The 11th Circuit Court Of Appeals

  • 13 - News Release - Vermont-Based Triosyn Expands Williston Plant And Adds Jobs With U.S. Contract Funds Secured By Leahy

  • 13 - News Release - Leahy Blasts Administration For Breaking Pledge On Animal ID System

  • 13 - Reaction - Of Senator Patrick Leahy To GAO’s Report On Flaws In The CAPPS II Program To Screen Personal Information On Airline Passengers

  • 12 - Statement - Of Sens. Hatch And Leahy On Memo Investigation

  • 12 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting

  • 11 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Hearing Before The Subcommittee On Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition: “Cable Competition – Increasing Price; Increasing Value?”

  • 11 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The Nomination Of Diane Sykes To The United States Court Of Appeals For The Seventh Circuit

  • 10 - News Release - Leahy Questions Secretary Ridge On Administration’s Proposal To Curb Help To Vermont’s First Responders

  • 10 - News Release - Leahy Announces More Lifesaving Helmets From MSA Gallet And More Work For Newport Plant

  • 06 - Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt., Ranking Democratic member, Senate Judiciary Committee) To The President’s Appointment Of A Commission To Examine Intelligence Failures

  • 06 - News Release - Former EPA Officials Under Bush Tell Leahy And Jeffords That White House Is Going Easy On Big Polluters

  • 06 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy DPC Oversight Hearing On Bush Administration Enforcement Of The Clean Air Act

  • 05 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Nomination Of William Myers To The Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals

  • 05 - News Release - Jeffords And Leahy Announce Federal Funds For Home Heating Assistance

  • 02 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On President Bush’s Proposed Budget For Fiscal Year 2005

  • 02 - News Release - Bush Budget Would Cut Funds For Waterbury Dam Repair

  • 02 - News Release - Leahy: Bush Budget Would Shortchange Smaller States Like Vermont
    In Homeland Security Grants To Firefighters, Police And Rescue Squads February 2, 2004

     

January

  • 30 - News Release - New England Senators Call For Reversal Of Mercury Rule 

  • 28 - News Release - Jeffords And Leahy Urge Bush Administration  To Carefully Consider Effects Of U.S.-Australian Free Trade Agreement

  • 28 - News Release - Leahy: Guard And Reserve Deserve Better Benefits

  • 28 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Confirmation Of Additional Judicial Nominees The Confirmation Of Judge Gary Sharpe January 28, 2004

  • 28 - Opening - Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy Judiciary Committee Nominations Hearing January 28, 2004

  • 27 - News Release - Leahy: VT Farmers Net $12 M. More For Ag Conservation

  • 27 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Senate Committee On The Judiciary Ensuring The Continuity Of The United States Government

  • 27 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Senate Agriculture Committee Hearing On Mad Cow Disease

  • 26 - Reaction - Of Senator Patrick Leahy To Chief Justice Rehnquist’s Response To Leahy-Lieberman Query About Supreme Court Recusal Policies

  • 23 -  News Release - Record Year For Lake Champlain. . . Leahy Secures $7.3 M. For Lake Cleanup

  • 22 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy  H.R. 2673, The Omnibus Appropriations Bill

  • 22 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Judicial Nominations

  • 22 - News Release - Leahy And Lieberman Query High Court On Ethics Of Scalia Vacation With Cheney

  • 21 - Reaction - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee To President Bush’s Call To Renew The USA PATRIOT Act

  • 21 - News Release - Leahy Proposes Bill To Mandate Tracking Of Animals To Help Prevent Spread Of Mad Cow Disease

  • 21 - News Release - Jeffords, Leahy Call on President To Protect Dairy Farmers in Trade Negotiations

  • 20 - Reaction - Of  Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. Ranking Democratic Member, Senate Judiciary Committee To President Bush’s State Of The Union Address

  • 20 - News Release - Leahy Announces Rural Development Grants For Value-Added Agriculture In Vermont

  • 16 - Reaction - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. Ranking Member, Judiciary Committee To President Bush’s Recess Appointment Of  Charles Pickering To The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court Of Appeals

  • 16 - News Release - Jeffords And Leahy Ask President To Release Additional Home Heating Oil Funds

  • 07 - Reaction - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On President Bush’s Immigration Reform Proposal


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