Press Archives 2000

January

• 10 - Statement - Proposed AOL-Time Warner Merger
• 10 - Statement - Proposed Increased Funding for Countering HIV/AIDS in Africa
• 10 - Press Release - Groundbreaking Funding Boost for UVM's Center for Food Science
• 11 - Statement - Administration's Proposal for Assistance to Colombia
• 27 - Statement - President's State of the Union Message
• 31 - Statement - Gov. George Ryan's Moratorium on Executions in Illinois

February

• 1 - Floor Statement - High School and College Sports Gambling Prohibition Act (S 2021)
• 1 - Floor Statement - Growing Crisis in the Administration of Capital Punishment
• 3 - Statement - New Bill Would Permanently Bar Discriminatory Taxes on E-Commerce
• 8 - Hearing Statement - Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact
• 9 - Statement - Recent Computer 'Hacker' Attacks On Websites
• 9 - Press Release - Senate Democrats Form Privacy Task Force
• 10 - Hearing Statement - Ways to Improve Border Security
• 10 - Hearing Statement - Mark-Up of the Madrid Protocol Implementation Act (S 671)
• 10 - Bill Summary - Innocence Protection Act (S 2073)
• 10 - News Conference Statement - Innocence Protection Act
• 14 - Press Release - Anti-Competition Concerns Regarding New England Milk Markets
• 16 - Press Release - Leahy Unveils Anti-Hacker Legislation
• 16 - Hearing Statement - Internet Security
• 17 - Hearing Statement - Anti-Atrocity Alien Deportation Act (HR 3058)
• 17 - Letter - Medical Privacy to Secretary of HHS
• 23 - Hearing Statement - Unborn Victims of Violence Act
• 24 - Floor Statement - Confirmation of Kermit Bye and George Daniels for Federal Judgeships
• 24 - Press Release - Leahy Urges INS to Reconsider Plan Reducing Staffing along Northern Border
• 24 - Hearing Statement - Supplemental Aid for "Plan Colombia"
• 28 - Statement - INS Decision Backing off Plan Cutting Back Number of Inspectors
• 28 - News Conference Statement - $690,000 in New Federal Funds for Burlington Community Health Center
• 29 - Hearing Statement - AOL/Time Warner Merger
• 29 - Hearing Statement - Internet Denial of Service Attacks and the Federal Response

March

• 1 - Statement - "Cuba's Oppressive Government and the Struggle for Justice"
• 7 - News Conference Statement - Unveiling Second Draft of Comprehensive Organic Foods Regulations
• 7 - Summary - National Organic Program Revised Proposed Rule
• 10 - Press Release - President Signs Leahy Bill Boosting Funds for Child Abuse Prevention
• 13 - Press Release - Leahy Urges N.E. Attorneys General to Monitor Growing Clout of Dairy Firm
• 22 - Press Release - Leahy Hails Senate Vote to Repeal Social Security Earnings Test
• 22 - Press Release - Senate Okays $128 Million Leahy-led Amendment for Crop Insurance
• 22 - Hearing Statement - Antitrust Oversight
• 27 - Press Release - New Report Commissioned by Leahy Shows Clean Air Laws Failing to Halt Acid Rain in Northeast
• 27 - Floor Statement - Senate Passage of the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (HR 1658)
• 28 - Hearing Statement - "Cyber Attacks: Removing Roadblocks to Investigation and Information Sharing"
• 28 - Notice - Democratic Senators Unite on Basic Precepts for Digital Signature Bill
• 29 - Floor Statement - Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment
• 30 - Floor Statement - Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act (S 2097)
• 30 - Press Release - Senate Passes Leahy Measure to Expand Internet Access via Satellite Television
• 30 - News Conference Statement - House Introduction of Innocence Protection Act (HR 4078)

April

• 3 - Statement - Judge Jackson’s Decision in the Microsoft Case
• 6 - Hearing Statement - "Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Prisons"
• 12 - Press Release - Leahy Unveils Comprehensive Agriculture Antitrust Bill
• 12 - Statement - E-Commerce Commission's Recommendations for Internet Taxation
• 17 - Press Release - Senate Passes Leahy's 'Yankee Thrift' Budget Amendment
• 22 - Statement - Reunion of Elian Gonzalez with His Father
• 25 - Press Release - FDA Response about Methylmercury in Fish Concerns Leahy and Harkin
• 26 - Floor Statement - Treatment of Federal Law Enforcement Officers
• 27 - Press Release - Leahy Secures Funding for Fire-Stricken St. Johnsbury
• 27 - Hearing Statement - Competition in Agriculture
• 27 - Meeting Statement - Opposition to Senator Specter’s Resolutions
• 27 - Hearing Statement - Mark-up of Substitute Amendment to S. 1854
• 27 - Hearing Statement - Pain Relief Promotion Act (HR 2260)
• 28 - Statement - Postponement of Hearings on the Retrieval of Elian Gonzalez
• 30 - Press Release - Leahy to Introduce White House Consumer Privacy Initiative

May

• 2 - Hearing Statement - "The La Bella Memorandum"
• 5 - Press Release - 'Love Bug' Outbreak Shows Need to Take Computer Crime Fight to the Next Level
• 5 - Bill Summary - Internet Security Act of 2000 (S 2430)
• 10 - Press Release - Leahy Joins President and Congressional Allies in Proposing New Medicare Benefit
• 10 - Press Release - Leahy Hails House Vote on Internet Tax Moratorium Bill
• 11 - Statement - Equal Pay Day
• 17 - Press Release - Leahy Asks Vermonters to Resend Their E-Mail...Messages Lost in Computer Glitch
• 17 - Press Release - Senate Coalition Insists that Deregulation Debate Include Clean Air Steps
• 18 - Press Release - Leahy: New Border-Crossing Bill Settles Threat to Cross-Border Trade
• 18 - Floor Statement - Immigration and Naturalization Service Data Management Improvement Act of 2000
• 24 - Press Release - Leahy Secures Funds to Help Vermont’s Local Court Diversion Programs
• 24 - Press Release - New Leahy Bill Targets Prisons’ Revolving Doors
• 25 - Statement - Proposed Merger of United and US Airways
• 25 - Press Release - Leahy Border-Crossing Bill Clears Congress
• 25 - Press Release - Vermont Dairy Producers and Specialty Farmers Win New Stake in Risk Management Program
• 25 - Press Release - Sen. Leahy Presents Award to Detective Michael Schirling

June

• 1 - Statement - 11th Circuit Ruling against an Asylum Hearing in the Elian Gonzales Matter
• 7 - Press Release - Momentum Builds for Leahy's Death Penalty Reform Bill as Key Republicans Sign On
• 7 - News Conference Statement - Introduction of the Bipartisan Innocence Protection Act
• 7 - Floor Statement - Innocence Protection Act of 2000 (S 2690)
• 7 - Bill Summary - Innocence Protection Act of 2000
• 13 - Hearing Statement - Post-Conviction DNA Testing
• 14 - Hearing Statement - United/US Airways Merger
• 15 - Floor Statement - WIC for Military Families
• 16 - Press Release - Senate Sends Major Leahy-Related E-Commerce Bill to President's Desk
• 21 - Hearing Statement - National Instant Criminal Check System
• 22 - Press Release - New Leahy Bill Would Reimburse Vermont for Gun Sale Background Checks
• 22 - Hearing Statement - "Fugitives: The Chronic Threat to Safety, Law and Order"
• 27 - Statement - Drug Patent Extensions
• 27 - Press Release - Leahy Bill Encourages Artists to Donate Work to Museums
• 27 - Hearing Statement - Justice Department Oversight
• 28 - Statement - U.S. Supreme Court's Order in the Elian Gonzalez Case
• 28 - Hearing Statement - Prisoner of War Litigation
• 30 - Press Release - Key Panel Votes to Expand, Double Funding for Leahy's Bulletproof Vest Program
• 30 - Press Release - Leahy Says 'NOPEC' to OPEC, Bipartisan Plan Would Permit Legal Action against Oil Cartel
• 30 - Statement - Signing of 'Electronic Signatures' E-Commerce Bill Co-Authored by Leahy

July

• 10 - Statement - President's Directive Creating a Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve
• 11 - Hearing Statement - "The Future of Digital Music: Is There an Upside to Downloading?"
• 11 - Press Release - Major New Study Bolsters Leahy's Mercury Control Bill
• 12 - Press Release - New Senate Bill Would Enforce Privacy Policies of Firms in Bankruptcy
• 17 - Statement - Administration's Announcement of New Proposed Legislation to Update Wiretapping Laws
• 19 - Joint Statement - Vermont Congressional Delegation on USDA's Order to Acquire the Imported Sheep in Vermont
• 20 - Background - Sheep Seizure in Vermont
• 20 - Meeting Statement - Judiciary Committee Issues
• 21 - Press Release - News from Senator Patrick Leahy and Senator Jim Jeffords
• 25 - Press Release - Key Panel Approves Landmark Conservation Bill
• 26 - Hearing Statement - Danforth Interim Report
• 27 - Hearing Statement - Intellectual Property Rights
• 28 - Statement - Court's Napster Ruling

August

• 3 - Statement - President's Recess Appointments of Bill Lann Lee and Others
• 17 - Statement - Democratic National Convention 2000
• 18 - News Backgrounder - Expected Waiver for Plan Colombia
• 28 - Statement - President's Human Rights Waiver for the Colombia Aid Package
• 28 - Press Release - Cyber Senator Unveils Senate's First Web Site for Disabled Internet Users

September

• 1 - Press Release - Leahy Announces EPA Grant for Lake Champlain Basin Science Center on Burlington's Waterfront
• 6 - Hearing Statement - "The 'Carnivore' Controversy: Electronic Surveillance and Privacy in the Digital Age"
• 6 - Press Release - New Senate Bill Would Require Auto/Tire Makers to Promptly Report Recalls
• 7 - Bill Summary - Transportation Information Recall Enhancement Act (S 3012)
• 7 - Floor Statement - Transportation Information Recall Enhancement Act
• 12 - Statement - Attorney General Janet Reno's Report on the Federal Death Penalty
• 13 - Statement - Plea Agreement with Wen Ho Lee
• 19 - Floor Statement - Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China
• 20 - Hearing Statement - Food Safety
• 22 - Press Release - 'NOPEC' Bill Clears Senate Committee
• 22 - Press Release - Lugar and Leahy Call for Passage this Year of the Hunger Relief Tax Incentive Act
• 26 - Hearing Statement - Oversight of the Wen Ho Lee Case
• 27 - Press Release - Leahy Introduces Bill to Apply Crude Oil Windfall Profits to LIHEAP
• 27 - Press Release - Vermont Groups to Get Anti-Drug Funds

October

• 5 - Hearing Statement - Computer/Internet Security, Mark-Up of Hatch-Leahy-Schumer Amendment to S. 2448
• 6 - Press Release - Leahy’s Requests for Vermont Forests and Waters Survive Interior Appropriations Battles
• 11 - Statement - Passage of the Violence Against Women Act
• 11 - Floor Statement - Final Passage of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (HR 3244)
• 27 - Press Release - Congress Clears, Sends to President Bill to Expand Bulletproof Vests Program

November

• 7 - Speech - "Capital Punishment in America: The Death Penalty Debate Matures"
• 9 - Statement - Florida Election Problems
• 14 - Press Release - President Clinton Signs Leahy’s Bulletproof Vests Bill into Law
• 17 - Press Release - Leahy to Lead Senate National Guard Caucus
• 21 - Hearing Statement - "Baseball's Revenue Gap: Pennant For Sale?"...Ray Pecor, Vt. Expos Owner
• 22 - Press Release - Leahy Warns Against 'White-Hot Rhetoric' in Wake of Florida High Court's Ruling
• 29 - Statement - Presidential Election

December

• 1 - Press Release - Vermont Senators Push for Heating Funds
• 4 - Statement - U.S. Supreme Court’s Action in the Presidential Election Case
• 5 - Press Release - Leahy Asks Supreme Court to Hear Towers Case on Behalf of Vermont Citizens
• 7 - Press Release - Leahy Announces $1.3 Million Grant for Affordable Senior Housing in Burlington
• 8 - Statement - Ruling of the Florida Supreme Court on Undercounted Ballots in Florida
• 12 - Press Release - Leahy Announces $200,000 Boost for a New Home for the Vermont Youth Orchestra
• 13 - Statement - U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Bush v. Gore
• 14 - Press Release - Leahy Applauds EPA’s Decision To Control Mercury
• 15 - Press Release - Job Corps Dispute Resolved in Congress
• 15 - Press Release - Final Budget Bill Includes Boost for Affordable Housing
• 18 - Press Release - Leahy Computer Crime Bill Receives Final Senate Approval
• 20 - Statement - Final Rule On Medical Record Privacy
• 20 - News Conference Statement - Announcement of the Final National Organic Program Rule
• 22 - Press Release - Great Year in Store for Lake Champlain
• 29 - Press Release - President Signs Leahy’s Computer Crime Bill