• Leahy Secures $4 Million For Vermont Workforce Development Projects March 31, 2009

• “Closer Than Ever” To Patent Reform Agreement March 31, 2009

• Remarks Of Sen. Leahy At Economic Recovery Conference March 30, 2009

• Vermont Health Centers Get $1.5 Million in Stimulus Funds March 27, 2009

• Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Senate Passage Of H.R. 1388, The “Serve America Act” March 26, 2009

• Judiciary Committee Begins Work On Patent Reform Legislation, Mark Up To Continue Next Week March 26, 2009

• Judiciary Committee Reports Three Justice Department Nominees March 26, 2009

• Judiciary Committee Hearing Noticed To Consider First Judicial Nomination March 25, 2009

• Senate Confirms Kris To Lead National Security Division March 25, 2009

• Mueller Testifies At Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing March 25, 2009 ***AUDIO AND VIDEO AVAILABLE***

• Leahy Introduces Juvenile Justice Reauthorization Bill March 24, 2009

• Leahy Joins Effort To Curb Excessive Interest Rates For Credit Cards March 24, 2009

• Senate Confirms Kagan To Be Solicitor General March 19, 2009

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On FOIA Guidelines Issued By The Department Of Justice March 19, 2009

• Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The Nomination Of Elena Kagan To Be Solicitor General Of The United States March 19, 2009

• Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The Introduction Of The Sunshine In The Courtroom Act Of 2009 March 19, 2009

• Senate Begins Debate On Kagan Nomination March 19, 2009

• Leahy Urges Attorney General To Extend Deadline For State Compliance With Sex Offender Registry Act March 19, 2009

• Judiciary Committee Reports Johnsen Nomination March 19, 2009

• Encouraging Progress On Patent Reform March 19, 2009

• Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate National Guard Caucus, In Opposition To An Obama Administration Proposal Concerning Private Insurance And Veterans Health Care March 18, 2009

• Leahy Introduces Bill To Simplify Court Deadline Calculation March 18, 2009

• Vermont Delegation Announces Release Of Economic Recovery Act Funds For Senior Nutrition Assistance March 18, 2009

• Leahy Secures $1 Million More For Vermont Drug Task Force March 18, 2009 ***AUDIO AND VIDEO AVAILABLE***

• Senate Judiciary Committee Considers Report On Forensic Science Standards March 18, 2009

• Leahy, Cornyn Celebrate Sunshine Week With FOIA Legislation March 17, 2009

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On President Obama’s First Judicial Nomination March 17, 2009

• Second Vermont Conference Set And Registration Opens For Workshops On Tapping The Newly Enacted Stimulus Plan March 17, 2009

• Leahy Opens “Sunshine Week” With FOIA Speech At American University March 16, 2009

• Leahy Secures Nearly $3 Million For New Addison County Transit Facility March 13, 2009

• Leahy, Grassley Press Senate Leadership To Consider Anti-Fraud Legislation March 12, 2009

• Senate Confirms Perrelli To Be Associate Attorney General At Justice March 12, 2009

• Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Fiscal Year 2009 State And Foreign Operations Appropriations Conference Report Senate Floor March 12, 2009

• Senate Confirms Deputy Attorney General Nominee March 12, 2009

• Judiciary Committee Reports Leahy-Cornyn Anti-Public Corruption Bill March 12, 2009

• FY 2009 Omnibus Bill Includes Leahy-Feinstein Provision To Prohibit Sale Or Transfer Of Most U.S. Cluster Munitions March 12, 2009

• Vermont Receives $38 M. For Energy Efficiency Programs March 12, 2009

• Leahy Announces More Than $1 Million In Economic Recovery Funds For Children And Crime Victims In Vermont March 12, 2009

• Leahy Says “Reject The Partisan Tactics And Double Standards” March 11, 2009

• Leahy Announces FBI Oversight Hearing March 11, 2009

• Senate Begins Debate On Justice Department Nominee March 11, 2009 ***AUDIO AND VIDEO AVAILABLE***

• Critical FOIA Office Receives Funding In Omnibus March 11, 2009

• Leahy Taps Former Essex And St. Albans Police Chief As Choice For U.S. Marshal In Vermont March 10, 2009

• Leahy Chairs Judiciary Committee Hearing On Patent Reform March 10, 2009

• Leahy Announces Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Forensic Science March 9, 2009

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Supreme Court Opinion In Bartlett v. Strickland March 9, 2009

• Op-Ed - Fresh Victories For The Public’s Right To Know March 9, 2009

• Leahy Joins Kennedy, Others To Introduce Bill To Reverse Supreme Court Medical Device Decision March 6, 2009

• Remarks Of Senator Patrick Leahy At The Economic Recovery Conference At Champlain College March 6, 2009 ***SHORT AUDIO AVAILABLE***

• Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On United Nations Population Fund March 5, 2009

• Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Protecting Indonesia's Forests March 5, 2009

• Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Colombia Senate Floor March 5, 2009

• A $5.7 Million Stimulus For Vermont Transit  March 5, 2009

• Update: Friday Conference Quickly Fills As 700 Register For Sessions At Champlain College March 5, 2009

• Anti-Fraud Bill Clears Judiciary Committee March 5, 2009

• Judiciary Committee Reports Three Justice Department Nominees March 5, 2009

• Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Coburn Amendment To Omnibus Appropriations Bill March 4, 2009

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, To The House Agreement For Testimony And Documents In U.S. Attorney Firings March 4, 2009

• Leahy Announces Witness List For Patent Reform Hearing March 4, 2009

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Jury Award To Vermont Musician Diana Levine In Much-Watched Wyeth v. Levine Case March 4, 2009

• Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, Hearing On "Getting To The Truth Through A Nonpartisan Commission Of Inquiry” March 4, 2009 ***AUDIO AND VIDEO AVAILABLE***

• Leahy, Hatch, Conyers, Smith Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Patent Reform Legislation March 3, 2009

• Vermont Police Units To Receive Nearly $5 Million Under Leahy-Led Law Enforcement Grants In Newly Enacted Economic Recovery Package March 3, 2009

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Release Of Nine OLC Memoranda And Opinions March 2, 2009

February

• Op-Ed - The Need For Justice February 27, 2009

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Indictment Of Ali al-Marri February 27, 2009

• Vermont Congressional Delegation Commends Obama Administration For Prompt Release Of First Funds To Vermont Under The Economic Recovery Act February 27, 2009

• Leahy Announces Witnesses For Commission Hearing February 26, 2009

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On President Obama’s Budget Outline For The Department Of Justice February 26, 2009

• Leahy And Sanders Announce Merit Commission To Screen Candidates For Federal Judgeships In Vermont February 26, 2009

• Judiciary Committee Reports Deputy Attorney General Nominee February 26, 2009

• Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Human Rights In Kenya February 25, 2009 

• Leahy And Douglas Set March 6th Conference To Ramp Up Vermont’s Readiness To Invest Stimulus Bill’s Resources In Strengthening State’s Economy February 25, 2009

• Senate Judiciary Committee Considers Nominees For OLC, National Security Division At Justice Department February 25, 2009

• Leahy Urges Passage Of DC Voting Rights Bill February 25, 2009

• Leahy Schedules Hearing On Commission Of Inquiry February 25, 2009 ***VIDEO AVAILABLE***

• Leahy Panel Examines Satellite Television Reauthorization February 25, 2009 ***AUDIO AVAILABLE***

• Comments Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) On President Obama’s First Address To A Joint Meeting Of Congress February 24, 2009

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The Nomination Of John Morton To Be Assistant Secretary For Immigration And Customs Enforcement February 23, 2009 

• Vermont State Senator To Testify Wednesday Before Leahy Panel In Washington February 23, 2009

• Leahy Recommends Longtime Aide Robert Paquin To Head USDA’s Farm Service Agency In Vermont February 19, 2009

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The National Academy of Sciences Study On Forensic Science February 18, 2009

• Leahy Announces Witness List For Satellite TV Hearing February 18, 2009

• Leahy Urges Citizens To Nominate Hero For The 2009 Above & Beyond Citizen Honors February 17, 2009

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) On Vermont’s Stake In The Economic Recovery Package That President Obama Is Signing Tuesday In Denver February 17, 2009

• Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Scheduled For OLC, National Security Assistant Attorney General Nominees February 17, 2009

• Leahy-Backed Health Privacy Provisions Included Recovery Package February 13, 2009

• Economic Recovery Plan Will Create And Sustain Jobs In Vermont And Relieve The State’s Budget Deficit February 13, 2009

• Leahy Praises Law Enforcement Funding In Recovery Package February 13, 2009

• Senators Leahy And Feinstein Introduce Bill To Reduce Cluster Munitions’ Danger To Innocent Civilians February 12, 2009

• Leahy Introduces Bill To Provide Equality Under Immigration Law February 12, 2009

• Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy, “Importance Of The Economic Recovery Plan” Senate Floor February 12, 2009 ***VIDEO AVAILABLE***

• Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act February 11, 2009

• Leahy, Specter, Feingold, Kennedy Introduce State Secrets Legislation February 11, 2009

• Leahy Chairs Fraud Enforcement Hearing February 11, 2009

• Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Introduction Of The Artist-Museum Partnership Act February 10, 2009

• Leahy Cites Vermont Investments In Senate-Passed Economic Recovery Package February 10, 2009

• Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy “The American People Urgently Await Action On The Economic Recovery Plan” February 10, 2009

• Senate Judiciary Committee Considers Associate Attorney General, Solicitor General Nominations February 10, 2009

• The 2009 Marver Bernstein Lecture “Restoring Trust in the Justice System: The Senate Judiciary Committee's Agenda In The 111th Congress,” Georgetown University February 9, 2009 ***VIDEO AVAILABLE***

• Comment of Senator Patrick Leahy On The President’s Signing Of CHIP February 5, 2009  

• Leahy And Other Senators Introduce Bipartisan Amendment To The Stimulus Bill February 5, 2009

• Leahy Says Vermont Mother’s Ordeal In Peanut-Salmonella Case Shows Need For ‘Jail Time’ In Protecting Public From Tainted Food February 5, 2009 ***AUDIO AVAILABLE***

• Leahy, Grassley Introduce Anti-Fraud Legislation February, 5, 2009

• Judiciary Committee Considers Deputy Attorney General Nominee February 5, 2009

• Leahy, Hatch Introduce Bipartisan Performance Rights Legislation February 4, 2009

• Statement Of Sen. Patrick Leahy On The Situation In Sri Lanka, Senate Floor February 3, 2009

• Leahy Notices Confirmation Hearing For Associate Attorney General, Solicitor General Nominees February 3, 2009

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy On President Obama’s Nomination Of Senator Judd Gregg To Be Secretary Of Commerce February 3, 2009 

• Protect Health Privacy Provisions In Recovery Package February 3, 2009

• Holder Confirmed In Overwhelming Senate Vote February 2, 2009

• Leahy Opens Debate On Holder Nomination; Senate To Vote Tonight February 2, 2009 ***VIDEO AVAILABLE***

January

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), On HHS Nominee Tom Daschle January 31, 2009

• Reaction Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, To The Announcement That The Department Of Justice Will Investigate Possible Criminal Violations By Peanut Corporation Of America January 30, 2009

• Vermont Stands To Gain $492.3 Million In Grants Under Senate’s Economic Recovery Bill January 30, 3009

• Leahy Calls For Criminal Investigation Into Peanut-Salmonella Outbreak January 30, 2009

• Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On S. 275, The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act Of 2009 January 29, 2009 ***AUDIO AND VIDEO AVAILABLE***

• Leahy Notices Confirmation Hearing For Deputy AG Nominee January 29, 2009

• Statement Of Sen. Patrick Leahy On The Shurrab Family, Senate Floor, January 28, 2009

• Statement Of Sen. Patrick Leahy On Martinez Amendment On Mexico City Policy January 28, 2009

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, Commemorating "Data Privacy Day" January 28, 2009

• Judiciary Committee Reports Holder Nomination To Senate January 28, 2009 ***AUDIO AND VIDEO AVAILABLE***

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On House Passage Of The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act January 27, 2009

• Leahy Says Plan OKd Tuesday By Appropriations Committee Is ‘Good Match’ For Vermont’s Budget Deficit And Economy January 27, 2009 ***AUDIO AND VIDEO AVAILABLE***

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Senator Specter’s Decision To Support Eric Holder’s Nomination January 27, 2009

• Law Enforcement, Crime Victims Programs Funded In Stimulus Package January 27, 2009

• Leahy Holds Hearing On Protecting American’s Health Privacy January 27, 2009

• Leahy Helps Steer Vermont Priorities Onto Legislative Track As Senate Appropriations Committee Sets TUESDAY Markup On Stimulus Package January 26, 2009

• Leahy Introduces Bill To Strengthen Violence Against Women Act January 26, 2009

• FOIA, Disclosure Policies Get Boost Early In New Year January 26, 2009

• Comments Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Funding For Law Enforcement Efforts In The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Of 2009 January 26, 2009

• Comments Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), On President Obama’s Executive Order On Higher-Efficiency Emissions Standards Sought By California, Vermont And Other States January 26, 2009

• Vermont Health Care Reform Commission Director To Testify Before Leahy Panel January 26, 2009

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Subcommittee On State Department And Foreign Operations, On President Obama’s Decision To Reverse The ‘Mexico City’ Policy January 23, 2009 

• Leahy Makes Selection For Vermont’s Next U.S. Attorney  January 23, 2009

• Senate Passes Leahy-Backed Fair Pay Act January 23, 2009

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Department Of Justice Appointees January 22, 2009

• Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On President Obama’s New Memorandum On The Freedom Of Information Act  January 22, 2009

• Comments Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Executive Orders Related To Detainees January 22, 2009

• Statement Of Sen. Patrick Leahy On Hillary Rodham Clinton's Confirmation As Secretary Of State January 21, 2009

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, 111th Congress Committee Membership January 21, 2009

• Judiciary Committee Republicans Hold Over Attorney General Nomination January 21, 2009 ***AUDIO AVAILABLE***

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On President Obama’s New FOIA Policy January 21, 2009

• Op-Ed - Capturing The Moment In An Image January 17, 2009

• Leahy Notices Committee Meeting To Vote On Holder Nomination January 16, 2009

• Op-Ed - A Timely Bid In Support Of Equal Pay For Equal Work January 15, 2009

• Vermont Rivers Bill Passes Senate January 15, 2009

• Senator Leahy Questioning - Round One January 15, 2009
  ***AUDIO AND VIDEO AVAILABLE***

• Senate’s Guard Leaders Press To Reduce Facilities Backlog In Stimulus Package January 15, 2009

• Senate Judiciary Committee Opens Holder Confirmation Hearing January 15, 2009 ***AUDIO AVAILABLE***

• Leahy Questions Nominee For Secretary Of Agriculture January 14, 2009 ***AUDIO AVAILABLE***

• Major Disaster Declaration Made As Result Of December 11th Ice Storm January 14, 2009

• Updated Witness List For Holder Confirmation Hearing January 13, 2009

• Holder Nomination Has Bipartisan Support January 13, 2009 ***AUDIO AVAILABLE***

• Comments Of Sen. Leahy On The Report By The Inspector General And The Office Of Professional Responsibility On Allegations Of Politicized Hiring And Other Improper Personnel Actions In The Civil Rights Division January 13, 2009
  ***AUDIO AND VIDEO AVAILABLE***

• Leahy Presses 3 Priorities For Smaller States And Rural Areas In Stimulus Package January 12, 2009

• Congressional Delegation Nominates 19 Vermont Students To Service Academies January 9, 2009

• Former Republican Officials Endorse Holder’s Nomination, January 9, 2009

• Leahy Announces Witnesses For Holder Confirmation Hearing January 9, 2009

• Leahy Presses For Early Action On Fair Pay Bill January 9, 2009

• Leahy Chairs Hearing On Law Enforcement Assistance January 8, 2009 ***AUDIO AVAILABLE***

• Comments Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Eric H. Holder, Jr. To Be Attorney General of the United States January 8, 2009 ***AUDIO AVAILABLE***

• Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy on S. RES. 10 and the Situation in the Gaza, January 8, 2009

• Leahy Raises MILC, Organic, Rural Broadband Issues In Meeting With USDA Nominee Vilsack January 7, 2009

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Eric Holder January 7, 2009

• Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Passing Of Peter Freyne January 7, 2009

• Leahy Introduces Bill To Provide Rural Law Enforcement Assistance January 7, 2009

• Letter To President Bush Asking To Declare A Major Disaster In Vermont Due To The December 11th Ice Storm January 6, 2009

• Leahy, Cornyn Introduce Anti-Public Corruption Legislation January 6, 2009

• Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, on the Introduction of the “District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009” January 6, 2009

• Statement of Chairman Patrick Leahy Comprehensive Immigration Reform Senate Floor January 6, 2009

• Reaction Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Announcement Of Justice Department Designees January 5, 2009

• Leahy Panel To Hear Testimony From Burlington Police Chief January 5, 2009