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 chairs the Judiciary Committee and also sits on the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee and the Appropriations Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. The following is from the April 26, 2012, Senate floor debate on S. 1925, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. I think sometimes a bill like this is an abstract matter. It is not an abstract matter to the women’s organizations that support it. It…
