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2001

December

  • 21 - Press Release and Statement - The Senate Passes Department of Justice Authorization Bill

  • 21 - Press Release - Senate Passes Bill To Protect Judges And Other U.S. Officials From Violent Attacks

  • 20 - Comment - Of Sen. Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee On Rules To Implement The Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund

  • 20 - Press Release - Congress Approves Funds For Northern Border Security 

  • 19 - Statement - Jeffords, Leahy Statement on Farm Bill Vote

  • 19 - Press Release - Leahy Recommends Vermonters To U.S. Military Academies

  • 18 - Reaction - Of Sen. Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, To The Justice Dept.'s Conditions For The Suiza-Dean Foods Merger

  • 18 - Statement - On Passage of the Education Reform Conference Report

  • 18 - Press Release - Leahy: Republicans' Farm Bill Filibuster Hurts All Farmer And Hurts Dairy Farmers the Most

  • 14 - Press Release - Much More For Vermont Than Dairy . . . Vermont Also Fares Well in Other Priorities in the Senate Farm Bill

  • 14 - Statement - on the Continuing Debate on the Use of Military Commissions

  • 14 - Press Release - Leahy Bill Assists Prosecutors  ...Helps Keep Experienced Crime Fighters On The Job

  • 13 - Statement - on Judicial Nominations

  • 12 - Hearing Statement - Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee   Hearing: The Microsoft Settlement - A Look To The Future

  • 12 - Press Release - Senate Acts to Boost Vermont's Northern Border Security

  • 11 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy on Judicial Nominees

  • 11 - Hearing Statement - "Homeland Defense: Sharing Information With Local Law Enforcement"  

  • 11 - Press Release - Vermont Christmas Tree Will Be Living Memorial To Pentagon Terrorism Victims

  • 10 - Press Release - Statement of the Vermont Congressional Delegation on Dairy Policy

  • 07 - Letter - Responding to Vice President Cheney's letter to Sen. Leahy on judicial nominees  
    Click Here to view Sen. Leahy's statement in the Congressional Record (enclosed with letter)

  • 07 - Letter - From Commissioner Anthony to Senator Leahy on the Nestle-Ralston proposed merger

  • 06 - Letter - From Sen. Patrick Leahy to Commissioner Timothy Muris of the Federal Trade Commission

  • 06 - Hearing Statement - Dept. of Justice Oversight: "Preserving Our Freedoms While Defending Against Terrorism"  (Hearing with Attorney General John Ashcroft)

  • 04 - Press Release - Leahy Secures $1.5 Million For Downtown Winooski  

  • 03 - Reaction - Of Sen. Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, To Further Progress On FBI Reorganization  

  • 03 - Press Release - Leahy Secures $2 Million For Vermont Preparedness Against Terrorist Acts

  • 03 - Important Information - Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy Is Moving Quickly To Schedule Hearings For And Confirm Judicial Nominees Despite Extraordinary Times  

 

November

  • 29 - Press Release - Bush Signs Leahy-Backed Bill Extending Internet Tax Moratorium

  • 28 - Press Release - Affordable Housing Gets Boost As Leahy Secures $500,000 For McAuley Square

  • 28 - Hearing Statement - "DOJ Oversight: Preserving Our Freedoms While Defending Against Terrorism"

  • 26 - Comment - On The Appointment Of Feinberg As Special Master Of The Victim Compensation Program

  • 22 - Press Release - Essex Police Chief David Demag Named To U.S. Medal Of Valor Review Board 

  • 21 - Press Release - Leahy Secures $3 Million For Lake Champlain Basin Science Center On Burlington’s Waterfront

  • 20 - Press Release - Leahy: Vermont Foodbank Tallies A Timely $200,000

  • 16 - Press Release - Comment Of Senator Leahy On The FBI's Discovery Of A Suspicious Letter Addressed To Senator Leahy

  • 16 - Press Release - Hurdles Loom Ahead For National Dairy Program

  • 16 - Press Release - Leahy Bill Targets Terrorism Hoaxes

  • 15 - Press Release & Statement - Senate Passes Leahy-Backed Bill To Extend The Internet Tax Moratorium

  • 14 - Statement - On The Proposed Reorganization Of The Immigration And Naturalization Service

  • 14 - Comment - On The Administration's Executive Order On Military Tribunals

  • 14 - Press Release - Vermont Senators Secure $2.5 Million For Pownal Wastewater Treatment Project

  • 09 - Comment - On Amtrak's Future

  • 09 - Letter - Leahy 'Deeply Troubled' About Monitoring Of Conversations Between Detainees And Their Attorneys; Asks Answers From Attorney General Ashcroft 

  • 09 - Press Release - Leahy Secures Funds For Latchis Project 

  • 08 - Hearing Statement - Committee on the Judiciary, On The Nomination Of John P. Walters To Be Director Of The Office Of National Drug Control Policy 

  • 08 - Press Release - Vermont Delegation Secures Another $4 Million For Waterbury Dam Repairs

  • 07 - Hearing Statement - Committee on the Judiciary, Antitrust Subcommittee Hearing on International Aviation Alliances

  • 06 - Press Release - Vermont Senators Announce: President Signs Military Construction Bill, Including $5.6 Million For Vermont Air Guard

  • 06 - Press Release - Four Vermont Organizations To Receive More Than $600,000 For Victims Assistance And Crime Reduction

  • 05 - Press Release - Leahy Secures $365,000 For Vermont Historical Society's New History Center

  • 02 - Press Release - Reaction of Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee,
    To The Justice Department's Announcement Of A Proposed Settlement With Microsoft

  • 02 - Press Release - Vermont Congressional Delegation's Update on Postal Delays Affecting Mail To Vermont's Members of Congress

  • 01 - Floor Statement - On Combating International Terrorism

 

October

  • 25 - Floor Statement - On the Anti-Terrorism Bill

  • 24 - Section-By-Section - Of the Uniting and Strengthening America By Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001, H.R. 3162 

  • 24 - Comment - On House Passage Of The Anti-Terrorism Bill  -- different language from the House's original anti-terrorism bill 

  • 18 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee On The Drug Competition Act At A Judiciary Committee Executive Meeting

  • 17 - Hearing Statement - Subcommittee on Immigration Hearing: "Effective Immigration Controls to Deter Terrorism"   

  • 15 - Press Release - Vermont Congressional Delegation Comments On The Discovery Of Anthrax In Mail Sent To Senator Daschle

  • 12 - Comment - On House Passage Of The Anti-Terrorism Bill  

  • 12 - Press Release - Senate Passes Leahy Anti-Terrorism Package That Will Triple Staffing On The Northern Border

  • 12 - Hearing Statement - Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information
    "The Role of Technology in Preventing the Entry of Terrorists in the United States"

  • 11 - Press Release - Leahy Amendment Requires Law Agencies To Notify FAA, Airlines Of Potential Threats

  • 11 - Statement - On The Uniting And Strengthening of America Act Of 2001 ("USA ACT")

  • 10 - Hearing Statement - Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing of John P. Walters to be Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy

  • 09 - Press Release - U.S. Department of Justice Awards More Than $ 2.5 Million To Vermont Agencies And Programs

  • 07 - Statement - On The Attacks Against The Taliban In Afghanistan 

  • 05 - Text - Of The Uniting And Strengthening America (USA) Act of 2001

  • 05 - Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy - On The Death Of Mike Mansfield 

  • 04 - Highlights of Consensus Senate Antiterrorism Legislation

  • 04 - Press Release - Leahy Secures $500,000 For Vermont Soil And Water Quality

  • 03 - Hearing Statement - Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights "Protecting Constitutional Freedoms in the Face of Terrorism"  

  • 03 - Press Release - Three More Vermont Police Departments Receive $500,000 In "COPS In Schools" Grants

  • 02 - Press Release - Wyden-McCain-Leahy Bill Would Extend Bar On Discriminatory Taxes On E-Commerce

September

  • 27 - Press Release - Three Vermont Law Enforcement Agencies to Receive More Than $690,000 in COPS Grants
  • 27 - Press Release - GAO Finds That USDA and EPA Have Neglected Pledge to Cut Pesticide Use
  • 25 - Hearing Statement - Homeland Defense
  • 25 - Vermont Delegation Joint Statement - Expiration of the Northeast Dairy Compact
  • 21 - Press Release - Four Vermont Police Departments Gain $496,000 in "COPS in Schools" Grants
  • 21 - Press Release - Victims' Compensation Plan Added to Airline Relief Package
  • 21 - Uniting and Strengthening America Act - Senator Leahy's Anti-Terrorism Legislation
            Bill Summary,   Section-by-Section,   Bill Text (PDF)
  • 20 - Statement - President's Message to a Joint Session of Congress
  • 20 - Press Release - Leahy Praises Mobilized Green Mountain Boys
  • 20 - Summary - Attorney General Ashcroft's Draft Anti-Terrorism Package
  • 14 - Press Release - Senate Confirms Peter Hall as Vermont's U. S. Attorney
  • 13 - Statement - Expedited Payment for Heroic Public Safety Officers
  • 12 - Floor Statement - Attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
  • 11 - Statement - Terrorist Attacks
  • 10 - Press Release - Saturday At VTC: Leahy to Host His Sixth Annual Vermont Women's Economic Conference
  • 6 - Statement - Justice Department's Announcement on Its Handling of the Microsoft Case
  • 6 - Press Release - Bill to Protect Atlantic Salmon in New England Clears Senate Panel
  • 5 - Statement - Governor Howard Dean's Retirement Decision

August

  • 14 - Statement - Excerpts of the Bellows Report on the Wen Ho Lee Investigation
  • 9 - Statement - President's Announcement in Support of Limited Federal Funding of Stem-Cell Research
  • 3 - Press Release - Senate Passes Emergency Farm Bill
  • 2 - Floor Statement - Bill to Name the Department of Justice Building in Honor of Robert F. Kennedy

July

  • 30 - Hearing Statement - Nomination of Robert Mueller to Head the FBI
  • 27 - Statement - Senator Barbara Snelling's Condition
  • 27 - Statement - Justice Department's Decision to Attempt to Block the United Airlines and US Airways Merger
  • 26 - Hearing Statement - Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2001 (S 625)
  • 26 - Press Release - Leahy Advances Bill to Impose Longer Sentences for Violence Against Federal Officers
  • 25 - Press Release - Leahy and Allies Add Army Worm Relief to Emergency Agriculture Bill
  • 25 - Hearing Statement - Dairy Consumers and Producers Protection Act of 2001 (S 1157)
  • 24 - Press Release - Internet Competition Hearings Planned
  • 20 - Press Release - Leahy Adds Another $2.5 Million to Repair Burlington Breakwater
  • 19 - Hearing Statement - Madrid Protocol Implementation Act (S 407)
  • 18 - Hearing Statement - Nomination of James Ziglar to Head the INS
  • 18 - Hearing Statement - "Reforming FBI Management: The Views from Inside and Out"
  • 17 - Hearing Statement - Nomination of Asa Hutchinson to Head the DEA
  • 13 - Statement - Announcement that Robert Mueller, Candidate for FBI Director, Has a Localized Prostate Cancer
  • 13 - Statement - IOC's Selection of Beijing as Site for the 2008 Olympics
  • 11 - Press Release - Leahy, Grassley, Applaud Justice Department Move on FBI Oversight
  • 6 - Statement - Guidelines About the Medical Privacy Rule Issued by HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson
  • 5 - Statement - Nomination of Robert Mueller to Head the FBI
  • 3 - Statement - Justice O'Connor's Expression of Concerns About Fairness in the Administration of the Death Penalty

June

  • 29 - Press Release - Leahy Bill Would Highlight Military Health Care Needs
  • 28 - Statement - Announcement of Initiatives to Improve the National Criminal Instant Background Check System
  • 28 - Statement - Transfer of Slobodan Milosevic to the International War Crimes Tribunal at the Hague
  • 28 - Statement - Appellate Court Decision in the Microsoft Case
  • 28 - Hearing Statement - 2001 Farm Bill
  • 27 - Hearing Statement - "Protecting the Innocent: Ensuring Competent Counsel in Death Penalty Cases"
  • 27 - Press Release - Leahy Puts Death Penalty Reform on Congress's Front Burner
  • 15 - Press Release - Vermont Anti-Crime Programs Garner $2.1 Million in Federal Funding
  • 14 - Press Release - Senate Passes Education Reform Bill
  • 13 - Hearing Statement - "Racial and Geographic Disparities in the Federal Death Penalty System"
  • 8 - Floor Statement - Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2001 (S 487)
  • 6 - Hearing Statement - "Faith Based Solutions: What Are the Legal Issues?"
  • 6 - Press Release - Leahy: Vermont to Receive $3.5 Million in Farmland Protection Funds

May

April

  • 27 - Press Release - Leahy, Schumer, Judiciary Democrats: White House Can't Go It Alone On Nominations
  • 26 - Press Release - Leahy, Waxman Target Sweetheart Deals That Delay Low-Cost Generic Drugs
  • 25 - Hearing Statement - "Issues Surrounding the Use of Polygraphs"
  • 16 - Press Release - Federal Funds for Vermont Teen Centers Arrive
  • 13 - Press Release - Leahy Hits Bush Budget for Zeroing Help to Boys And Girls Clubs
  • 12 - Statement - Bush Administration's Decision to Implement Medical Privacy Rule
  • 9 - Press Release - Leahy Calls for Limits on Soda, Junk Food in Schools
  • 9 - Bill Summary - Better Nutrition for Schoolchildren Act of 2001 (S 745)
  • 6 - Press Release - Budget Debate Information Update
  • 6 - Background - State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance
  • 5 - Press Release - Leahy Slams Suiza's Bid For Dean Foods
  • 4 - Hearing Statement - Immigration Issues
  • 3 - Hearing Statement - Online Entertainment and Copyright Law
  • 2 - Statement - Administration's Certification of Yugoslavia for Additional Aid

March

  • 30 - Letter - Medical Privacy to Secretary of HHS
  • 30 - Statement - Arrest of Former President Slobodan Milosevic
  • 29 - Hearing Statement - Bush Administration's Environmental Rollbacks
  • 29 - Floor Statement - Specter-Leahy Presidential Pardon Reform Bill (S 645)
  • 22 - Floor Statement - Campaign Finance Reform
  • 21 - Press Release - GAO: Government Agencies Slowly Adapting to Electronic Mandate of New E-FOIA Law
  • 20 - News Conference Statement - Medical Privacy
  • 20 - Letter - Medical Privacy to Secretary of HHS
  • 19 - Statement - President Bush's Withdrawal of Nine Judicial Nominees
  • 15 - Floor Statement - Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Turns 35
  • 15 - Joint Statement - Vermont Delegation in Support of USDA Acquisition of the Imported Sheep in Vermont
  • 14 - Hearing Statement - Drug Abuse Education, Prevention and Treatment Act of 2001 (S 304)
  • 12 - Press Release - Senators Call on President to Maintain Firefighter Funding
  • 8 - Letter - Firefighter Funding to President Bush
  • 7 - Floor Statement - Innocence Protection Act of 2001 (S 486)
  • 5 - Press Release - U.S. Senate National Guard Caucus Co-Chairs Respond to Guard Air Accident in Georgia

February

  • 28 - Press Release - Senators Join Forces Against Push to Allow Drilling in Arctic Refuge
  • 27 - Statement - President’s Message to a Joint Session of Congress
  • 22 - Statement - Vermont's Heroin Problem
  • 21 - Statement - Supreme Court’s Decision Limiting the Reach of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  • 20 - Letter - Medical Privacy to President
  • 14 - Floor Statement - Lessons to Be Learned from the Wrongful Conviction of Earl Washington
  • 14 - Hearing Statement - Presidential Pardons
  • 13 - Floor Statement - Drug Abuse Education, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2001 (S 304)
  • 13 - Bill Summary - Drug Abuse Education, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2001
  • 12 - Statement - Napster Ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • 9 - Press Release - Final Tax Plan Must Be Fair, Targeted and Responsible... Impact of Bush Tax Cut on Vermont
  • 8 - Floor Statement - Internet Non-discrimination and Sales Tax Simplification Act
  • 8 - Press Release - Leahy Calls for Strengthening Medical Privacy Rule
  • 7 - Hearing Statement - "Airline Consolidation: Has It Gone Too Far?"... Fares... Video Clip
  • 7 - Floor Statement - U.N. Dues Legislation
  • 7 - Press Release - Leahy: Ebola Threat Spotlights Need for U.S., Global Action
  • 5 - Statement - Medical Privacy Summit
  • 2 - Statement - Rep. Gephardt's Letter to President Bush Urging Renomination of Judge Ronnie White
  • 2 - Floor Statement - Nomination of John Ashcroft to the Office of Attorney General

January

  • 30 - Floor Statement - Nomination of Gale Norton
  • 29 - Floor Statement - Opposition to the Nomination of John Ashcroft to the Office of Attorney General
            Extended Statement,   Executive Summary
  • 26 - Statement - Sen. Ashcroft’s Responses to the Committee’s Written Questions
  • 24 - Meeting Statement - Judiciary Committee Issues
  • 23 - Statement - Mexico City Policy
  • 19 - Hearing Statement - Nomination of John Ashcroft to the Office of Attorney General
  • 18 - Statement - Clinton Administration's Decision to Provide Additional Military Aid to Colombia
  • 16 - Hearing Statement - Nomination of John Ashcroft to the Office of Attorney General
  • 12 - Press Release - Supreme Court Will Not Hear Vermont Towers Case
  • 12 - Statement - Bob Jones University Transcript of Sen. Ashcroft’s Commencement Visit
  • 12 - Statement - FDA Announcement of Advisory on Mercury-Contaminated Fish
  • 11 - Letter - Mercury in Seafood to Secretary of HHS
  • 11 - Press Release - Senators Want Public to Know About Risk of Mercury in Seafood
  • 10 - Press Release - Leahy Secures $500,000 for Vermont Crime Lab
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