Honorable Patrick Leahy
United States Senator, Vermont, Democrat
Senator Leahy was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1974. He was a State’s Attorney of Chittenden County, Vermont, from 1966 to 1974. He sits on the following Committees: Judiciary, where he is the Ranking Minority Member; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Appropriations; and Rules and Administration. The following is from the August 3, 2015, Senate floor debate on S. 1881, to prohibit any Federal funds from being made available to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, or to any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, or clinics. We are now seven months into the 114th Congress, and our Nation is faced…
