Patrick Leahy was elected to the United States Senate in 1974 and remains the only Democrat elected to this office from Vermont. At 34, he was the youngest U.S. Senator ever to be elected from the Green Mountain State.
Leahy was born in Montpelier and grew up across from the State House. A graduate of Saint Michael's College in Colchester (1961), he received his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center (1964). He served for eight years as State's Attorney in Chittenden County where he gained a national reputation for his law enforcement activities and was selected as one of three outstanding prosecutors in the United States in 1974.
The Senate Appropriations Committee is the largest committee in the U.S. Senate, consisting of 30 members in the 117th Congress. Established on March 6, 1867, its powers are rooted in Article 1, section 9 of our Constitution which states, “No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law.”
Senator Leahy is the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee and has been a member of the committee for more than forty years. As one of the four lead negotiators, Leahy fights for programs that support our most vulnerable citizens and our middle class, creates jobs, protects our environment, promotes our national security, supports our veterans, and ensures that Vermont’s priorities are reflected in the appropriations bills that allocate Federal funding to the numerous government agencies, departments and organizations on an annual basis.
The founders of our nation recognized the power of the purse as one of the most important tools Congress has to ensure our system of checks and balances, and to conduct oversight of the Executive and Judicial Branches. But it is much more than that. The Appropriations Committee is where we translate the priorities of a nation into the realities of the American people.
Vermont's farmers are a critical part of the state's economy, history, culture and future. From centuries-old dairy farms to newly begun organic fruit and vegetable farms, many Vermonters depend on the land for their livelihood, and all Vermonters take great pride in our rural working landscape.
As the most senior member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Senator Leahy has for more than 35 years been a champion of agricultural, environmental and anti-hunger programs. Senator Leahy’s most recent significant contributions came as he worked hard to insure that the 2014 Farm Bill included strong provisions for dairy and organic agriculture, funding for research and agricultural extension programs, assistance to farmers for environmental stewardship, land conservation and preservation funding to insure access to farmland and forests for future generations, provisions to support rural economic development and insure access to nutritious food.
Senator Leahy helped lead the fight in Congress against hunger and is a longtime supporter of federal nutrition programs, including the Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Senator Leahy recognizes the important role nutritional foods play in healthy lifestyles, especially for children, and is dedicated to doing all he can so that no one in Vermont or America, young or old, has to worry about where their next meal is going to come from.
Nothing is more important than keeping Americans safe, and Senator Leahy has long fought to ensure that the brave men and women on the front lines and in our communities have the resources and support they need to do their jobs. Senator Leahy is proud of and grateful for our nation's service members and their families.
Afghanistan and Iraq
In Afghanistan, the United States has spent more than a half trillion dollars and lost over 2,000 U.S. troops with more than 18,000 wounded. What began as a mission at the core of U.S. interests following the devastating attacks of September 11th has become a costly, open-ended military development project and the longest war in U.S. history. Senator Leahy believes that we should refocus our military resources on a limited counter-terrorism strategy against international terrorist groups, and has continued to urge the Obama administration to shift to this policy through the drawdown of the U.S. presence at every available opportunity
Senator Leahy opposed the Iraq War from the beginning, and consistently voted against funding the war as an open-ended conflict. As the region continues to be unstable, he supports only limited U.S. presence in order to protect Americans serving in it and believes any further activities should be specifically authorized by Congress in a carefully limited way.
His opposition to war does not take away from his admiration and thanks for the dedication and bravery of our troops who have served and are currently serving overseas. Senator Leahy believes that we have a responsibility to care for those whose lives have been harmed as a result of these wars. Over the course of these conflicts thousands of men, women, and children have been killed, wounded or left hungry and homeless. He has worked to help innocent victims of war for over 20 years with the Leahy War Victims Fund, and he created special funds for both Iraq and Afghanistan to assist innocent victims of the military operations. You can read more about the Leahy War Victims Fund here.
Defense Spending
In addition to pushing for the conclusion of the conflict that has dominated the last decade, Senator Leahy has consistently called for reprioritizing defense spending to reflect current threats and American values. By reforming the Pentagon’s acquisition system and leveraging the savings that can be had in the Reserve Component of the Armed Forces, he believes that America can retain the world’s premier fighting forces while spending taxpayer dollars responsibly and honoring our nation’s commitments to service members and veterans. You can read more about Senator Leahy’s support of the National Guard here.
Nothing is more important than keeping Americans safe, and Senator Leahy has long fought to ensure that the brave men and women on the front lines and in our communities have the resources and support they need to do their jobs. Senator Leahy is proud of and grateful for our nation's service members and their families.
Afghanistan and Iraq
In Afghanistan, the United States has spent more than a half trillion dollars and lost over 2,000 U.S. troops with more than 18,000 wounded. What began as a mission at the core of U.S. interests following the devastating attacks of September 11th has become a costly, open-ended military development project and the longest war in U.S. history. Senator Leahy believes that we should refocus our military resources on a limited counter-terrorism strategy against international terrorist groups, and has continued to urge the Obama administration to shift to this policy through the drawdown of the U.S. presence at every available opportunity
Senator Leahy opposed the Iraq War from the beginning, and consistently voted against funding the war as an open-ended conflict. As the region continues to be unstable, he supports only limited U.S. presence in order to protect Americans serving in it and believes any further activities should be specifically authorized by Congress in a carefully limited way.
His opposition to war does not take away from his admiration and thanks for the dedication and bravery of our troops who have served and are currently serving overseas. Senator Leahy believes that we have a responsibility to care for those whose lives have been harmed as a result of these wars. Over the course of these conflicts thousands of men, women, and children have been killed, wounded or left hungry and homeless. He has worked to help innocent victims of war for over 20 years with the Leahy War Victims Fund, and he created special funds for both Iraq and Afghanistan to assist innocent victims of the military operations. You can read more about the Leahy War Victims Fund here.
Defense Spending
In addition to pushing for the conclusion of the conflict that has dominated the last decade, Senator Leahy has consistently called for reprioritizing defense spending to reflect current threats and American values. By reforming the Pentagon’s acquisition system and leveraging the savings that can be had in the Reserve Component of the Armed Forces, he believes that America can retain the world’s premier fighting forces while spending taxpayer dollars responsibly and honoring our nation’s commitments to service members and veterans. You can read more about Senator Leahy’s support of the National Guard here.
In Vermont, schools are at the core of what brings our communities together. Vermonters understand the importance of providing our children with a quality education. They understand that a child's education begins well before their first day of school, and will continue long after graduation day.
Senator Leahy has long been a champion of supporting education in Vermont and on the national stage. Senator Leahy fought to secure federal grants to support pre-kindergarten programs at public schools, he has been an advocate for special education programs, and he firmly believes no student should be denied the opportunities of a college education because of a family’s financial resources.
Senator Leahy also regularly holds online chats with classrooms around Vermont to discuss current events, the government and his passion for Vermont.
When it comes to energy issues, Vermont continues to lead the nation with new and creative ideas for energy sources and conservation techniques. This spirit of innovation by no means negates the financial hardship felt by many Vermonters as energy prices fluctuate and options are limited by our rural landscape. With long commutes and extremely cold winters, Vermonters are often the hardest hit by rising fuel prices.
For years, Senator Leahy has worked to provide assistance to those Vermonters in need and to combat rising energy prices across the board. Senator Leahy continues to work to bring down the price at the pump, investigate market manipulation by oil and gas companies, and help struggling families. As part of a long-term solution, Senator Leahy is fighting to break our addiction to foreign oil and invest in affordable, domestic and renewable sources of energy.
Vermonters have a long tradition of environmental stewardship, and Senator Leahy takes great pride in the fact that Vermont has served as a model for many national conservation programs that he has sponsored in Congress, including the Farmland Protection Program and the Forest Legacy Program. The Vermont conservation ethic has benefited our health, economy, and landscape.
Senator Leahy has helped expand this ethic through his support for public lands and open spaces. He was instrumental in the creation of Vermont’s only national park, the Marsh Billings Rockefeller National Historical Park and the establishment of the 26,000 acre Nulhegan unit of the Conte National Wildlife Refuge. Senator Leahy has also played a pivotal role in adding more than 400,000 acres to the Green Mountain National Forest, authorizing the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership, and cleaning up Lake Champlain.
In 1998, Senator Leahy joined Vermonters in celebrating the opening of Vermont's first national park – the Marsh Billings Rockefeller National Historical Park – in Woodstock. This beautiful parcel of working forests and surrounding farmland is a tribute to historic leaders of the New England conservation movement. Marsh Billings Rockefeller is the first national park to interpret the evolution of conservation stewardship, including history, current practices, and future trends.
Despite Vermont's proud conservation legacy, we still face environmental threats on local, state, and national levels. In recent years, there have been a number of attempts by Congress and the Administration to roll back our environmental laws, such as the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Endangered Species Act. Senator Leahy continues to fight against these efforts to circumvent our nation's foundational environmental legislation. While Senator Leahy recognizes the need to make tough budget decisions, he supports spending restraint that will not jeopardize our health or environment.
As either Chairman or Ranking Member of the Department of State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee for more than two decades, Senator Leahy is deeply involved in U.S. foreign policy and foreign aid programs.
Vermonters, like most Americans, recognize that events outside our borders can have direct and dramatic consequences for our health and safety. Isolationism is not an option in a globalized world in which geography no longer shields us from the effects of conflict abroad or protects us from a rapidly-spreading infectious disease.
Leahy believes that as the wealthiest, most powerful nation in the world, the U.S. has wide ranging interests and responsibilities around the globe -- from promoting trade and investment to combating terrorism, reducing poverty, protecting the environment, supporting human rights and broadening understanding between all Americans and people of different cultures, religions, races and ethnicities.
Poverty, greed and ethnic and religious intolerance are among the greatest causes of instability and conflict. Resource scarcity in sub-Saharan Africa, discrimination and violence against religious minorities in Southeast Asia, and the ecological impact of deforestation in South America affect the lives not only of vulnerable populations half a world away, but Americans living across the globe, including here in the U.S.
More than 2 billion people earn less than $2 a day and live in appallingly destitute conditions. As the wealthiest nation, the U.S. has a moral responsibility, and a compelling national interest, to help them improve their lives, yet we spend only one percent of our Federal budget on foreign aid -- less than most other industrialized nations on a per capita basis.
Some of the foreign policy/foreign aid initiatives Leahy is most proud of are the Leahy War Victims Fund, which provides medical, vocational and related assistance to civilian victims of war; his work to ban landmines, including the first law in any country to ban the export of these indiscriminate weapons; the "Leahy Law," which prohibits U.S. aid to foreign military and police forces that violate human rights, and encourages foreign governments to hold those who violate human rights accountable; the infectious disease and neglected diseases initiatives that target malaria, elephantiasis and other diseases that afflict hundreds of millions of people in tropical countries; and the Amazon Basin Conservation Strategy, a regional initiative to promote conservation of the Amazon rainforest.
Senator Leahy continues to use his position on the Appropriations Committee to ensure that funding for global health initiatives, such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, is protected. Because of his consistent advocacy, and despite a constrained fiscal environment, U.S. funding to combat AIDS has been funded at the highest levels ever in recent years.
This section of the website provides information about important foreign policy issues and the work Leahy is doing to address them. Thank you for your interest and please share with the Senator any comments or questions.
Vermont is consistently ranked as one of the healthiest states in the nation. Recent data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that Vermont ranks at the top or near the top of the list on a variety of metrics, including a child’s access to health care, and percentage of children who exercise regularly.
Senator Leahy is proud that Vermont remains committed to improving its goal of providing quality and affordable coverage for all. He firmly believes that all who require care should have access, regardless of their income or where they live.
Senator Leahy is a consistent and tireless advocate of the Affordable Care Act, supporting Medicare, ensuring health care providers have the resources they need, and stemming the tide of drug abuse in New England and across the country.
“I have witnessed countless efforts and investments into Vermont’s communities during my time in the Senate, and am proud to share the success of your great work during my time in Washington. In Congress, I have constantly worked to help ensure that the federal government lives up to its responsibility to provide resources to care for and protect Americans. There are competing schools of thought about the role of the federal government in Congress, but there is no doubt of the impact that Community Development Block Grants and other housing resources has had on improving the vibrant legacy of Vermont.”
-Senator Patrick Leahy
Senator Leahy’s housing priorities include:
In Vermont and throughout the country the economic and housing crisis highlighted the difficulty for many individuals and families to find a place to call home. High costs and limited availability of safe, affordable housing are consistent barriers for Vermont families trying to find housing.
To successfully meet the housing needs of Vermonters, Senator Leahy works closely with many state and community partners who are seeking to build and rehabilitate housing, as well as to make our existing housing stock more efficient. These partnerships include the State of Vermont, multiple non-profit organizations, and federal partners that include the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA-RD), Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and more.
Through his time in the Senate, Senator Leahy has made it his priority to support legislation and provide funding for programs that encourages the building and preservation of affordable housing in Vermont, combats homelessness and works towards ending homelessness among children and youth, provides assistance to first time homebuyers to reach their home ownership goals and helps to make homes more energy efficient.
Senator Leahy supports programs that rehabilitate and modernize aging properties, assist with home repair for low-income families, provide tax credit to first time home buyers, and bridge loans to those struggling to make their mortgage payments to avoid foreclosure.
As former Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Leahy plays a central role in advancing legislation related to immigration and shaping federal immigration policy. At the forefront of his immigration priorities is passing legislation that benefits Vermont agriculture and industry, upholds Vermont’s tradition as a state that welcomes people from around the world, and values and recognizes the importance of unity for all families.
In past congresses, Senator Leahy has been the lead sponsor of the H-2A Improvement Act, a bill to include dairy workers in the agricultural work visa program. He has been a lead sponsor of the Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security (AgJOBS) Act to legalize the existing undocumented agricultural workforce in order to help America’s farmers stay productive and a vital part of the American economy. Senator Leahy believes reforms to our nation’s immigration system can improve state and local economies across the country.
Senator Leahy believes in the humanitarian tradition of American immigration policy. He is a fierce advocate for refugees fleeing violence and persecution around the world. And he is deeply committed to supporting the Vermont communities that do so much to help resettle these vulnerable populations. In 2013, Senator Leahy re-introduced the Refugee Protection Act. This bill would improve protections for refugees and asylum seekers and fulfill the United States' obligations under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. Senator Leahy is a leading voice demanding an end to the expanded use of family detention for mothers and children fleeing violence in Central America.
Beginning in 2003, Senator Leahy fought to end discrimination in our immigration laws through the Uniting American Families Act, legislation that would allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to petition for their foreign same-sex partners to come to the United States through the family immigration system. In June 2013, the Supreme Court decided United States v. Windsor, which held that the federal government cannot discriminate against married same-sex couples for the purpose of federal benefits and responsibilities. The result was the fulfillment of Senator Leahy’s goal to ensure that married same sex couples have full immigration rights.
Senator Leahy has long believed that our entire immigration system is in need of comprehensive and commonsense reform. During the 113th Congress, the Senate made significant progress toward this goal by passing S.744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 with an overwhelming bipartisan vote. This legislation sought to enhance border security, create a workable and accurate electronic workplace verification system, reform the legal immigration system, and provide a tough but achievable pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country. It contained important long-standing Leahy initiatives that would directly benefit Vermont agriculture and industry, including important improvements to the agricultural temporary worker visa program, and reforms that both streamlined and strengthened oversight of the job-creating immigrant investor EB-5 Regional Center program that has brought millions of dollars of capital investment to Vermont. Senator Leahy successfully led the effort to pass this legislation first through the Judiciary Committee and then through the Senate. He remains committed to creating an immigration for the 21st Century through comprehensive reform.
Vermont is home to a variety of innovative entrepreneurs and businesses. From high-tech firms to specialty food producers to leaders in the green economy, Vermont leads the way in forward-thinking and sustainable economic development that provides good-paying jobs to thousands of Vermonters. Since safe and reliable transportation systems keep Vermont businesses and their employees moving, transportation improvements and economic development efforts are closely linked in Vermont.
More information about Senator Leahy’s efforts to grow Vermont’s economy, secure federal contracts for local employers, stimulate economic recovery efforts, develop a dynamic workforce and enhance Vermont’s historic downtowns and transportation systems can be found on the right.
Senator Leahy is the most senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. After Senator Leahy completed law school at Georgetown University Law Center, he served for eight years as State's Attorney in Chittenden County, Vermont. He gained a national reputation for his law enforcement activities and was selected in 1974 as one of three outstanding prosecutors in the United States.
Throughout his tenure as a member and as a Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Leahy has been a major force in myriad issues the committee handles. He is a key advocate for government transparency and for the public’s right to know. A former prosecutor, he is a champion for those serving in law enforcement, for first responders and for the victims of crime.
In 2007, he joined with his longtime partner in open government issues, Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas, to introduce and guide to passage the OPEN Government Act. The law imposes real consequences on Federal agencies for missing the 20-day statutory deadline for Freedom of Information requests, and established a new agency to oversee and ensure government FOIA requests and policy. Senator Leahy and Senator Cornyn also teamed to author the OPEN FOIA Act and most recently the Faster FOIA Act, which will make improvements to FOIA and address backlogs of FOIA requests at U.S. Government agencies.
Senator Leahy has crusaded for the protection of copyright and intellectual property protections and freedom of speech on the Internet. He is the co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Internet Caucus. He is the lead author of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, which made the first comprehensive reforms to the nation’s patent system in nearly 60 years. The historic legislation was signed into law on September 16, 2011.
Senator Leahy has taken the lead on several privacy issues, including Internet and medical records privacy, and held Congress’s first hearing in 1994 on privacy concerns relating to electronic medical records. In 2011, Senator Leahy created the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law to ensure issues relating to privacy remain central as technology advances.
A former prosecutor who has seen the horrors of domestic violence first hand, Senator Leahy has long been an advocate for domestic violence prevention programs. Senator Leahy made it a priority to strengthen and reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. Teaming with Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Senator Leahy was the driving force behind the renewal and strengthening of VAWA’s proven efforts to prevent and remedy domestic and sexual violence. The bill was signed into law by President Barack Obama on Thursday, March 7, 2013.
As the senior most member of the Senate, Senator Leahy is one of few Senators to have voted on the confirmation of every sitting member of the current Supreme Court. During his time as Chairman and Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, Leahy has overseen the confirmation of hundreds of judicial and executive nominations. He has made it a specific priority to promote increased diversity on the Federal bench and within the Department of Justice.
One of Senator Leahy’s top priorities is to ensure seniors have access to benefits and services long after retirement. As an original cosponsor of the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2015, Senator Leahy is dedicated to ensuring senior support services, like Meals on Wheels and the Senior Community Service Employment Program, receive the resources they need to continue providing for elders in need.
The Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act includes funding for health promotion, nutrition, caregiver and mental health support services. The legislation would strengthen the Long-Term Ombudsman program to encourage disease management and prevention and improves transportation assistance services. The legislation would also improve the coordination of Area Agencies on Aging with other senior community and health services, while assisting with elderly falls and screening for mental and behavioral health.
Senator Leahy remains committed to ensuring Medicare remains strong now and into the future and that seniors receive the full benefits of Social Security they have been promised now and into the future.
Senator Leahy believes in doing everything possible to honor our veterans.
With the end of the war in Iraq and continuing redeployment of our nation’s forces from Afghanistan, our country has an ever-increasing obligation to support its veterans. These brave men and women must have confidence that the country will honor their sacrifices when they return.
Recognizing their service not only means paying tribute on such holidays as Memorial Day and Veterans Day. It also means ensuring that our veterans in Vermont and across the country continue to benefit from affordable, high-quality health care and compensation, pension, education, and other benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Senator Leahy is a staunch advocate for improving health care for our nation's veterans. He works hard to ensure the VA health care system -- especially the facilities serving Vermont veterans--remains strong and effective.
Many of Vermont's 50,000 veterans access healthcare through the VA Medical Center at White River Junction or through one of its associated Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) in Burlington, Bennington, Rutland, Brattleboro, and Newport, as well as in both Littleton and Keene, NH. The White River Junction VA Medical Center is consistently ranked one of the nation's best. As the senior member of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee with jurisdiction over veterans’ healthcare, Senator Leahy has worked to secure millions of dollars for the White River Junction VA Medical Center and CBOCs . This funding has allowed the hospital to make critical renovations, purchase new equipment, expand the surgical unit, open new CBOCs, and ensure the center's success and long-term viability.
Senator Leahy has also led the charge to increase the baseline budget of the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, which is based at White River. The VA reports that the most common combination of diagnoses found among returning combat soldiers is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depression, and cognitive impairments due to traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Senator Leahy has secured $3 million over the President’s request in the Senate Appropriations Committee-passed spending bill for 2014 and 2015 to support two projects of the National Center for PTSD. Half of the proposed funding will be dedicated to operating a PTSD brain bank – the first of its kind – to research the impact of stress and trauma on brain tissue. The other half will support the Rural Veterans with PTSD Outreach Program to assist the care of veterans whose distance from the VA Medical Center makes it more likely they will seek treatment in their local communities. Senator Leahy believes that it is critical that we take meaningful steps to understand PTSD and eliminate the stigma around mental health issues facing our nation's soldiers, and that these selfless individuals receive the care they need and have earned through their service regardless of where they live.
While funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has improved substantially in Vermont and around the country, more must be done to ensure the entire veterans delivery network remains strong. Since the beginning of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2002, more than 1.5 million veterans have left active duty, making them eligible for benefits and services provided by the VA.
The President has requested a $152.7 billion VA budget for 2014, a considerable increase over the 2013 budget request. The new budget continues reforms begun in 2010, including an increase in funding for veterans’ mental health programs and improving the management and timeliness of the VA's benefits and claims processing.
Senator Leahy supported legislation to fund the VA a year in advance, which allows the VA avoid budget uncertainty and do more long range planning.
Senator Leahy also believes in the expansion of veterans’ education benefits provided by the Post-9/11 GI Bill. He has closely monitored the implementation of the bill and has contacted the VA to determine what additional efforts can be made to diminish the backlog in requests made by deserving service members. He has also worked with the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation and Vermont colleges to lessen the burden of educational expenses on Vermonters in uniform.
Senator Leahy also believes that it is unfair to ask our retired service members to pay more for their benefits. For roughly 16 years, the Pentagon kept TRICARE premiums level at a time when private health insurance out-of-pocket costs skyrocketed. In 2007, 2008, and 2009, the Department of Defense proposed TRICARE fee increases in its defense budget submissions. Three years in a row Senator Leahy strongly opposed those proposals, and three years in a row Congress prohibited the Pentagon from increasing premiums, deductibles, and co-payments. The Obama Administration also held the line on fees, deductibles, and copayments in 2010 and 2011. In the Senate Committee-passed fiscal year 2014 spending bill for the Department of Defense, TRICARE fee increases are prevented.
The Senate has a vital constitutional role, to advise and consent on the president’s Cabinet and other Executive Branch appointments, and to act as a constitutional check on Executive power. Senator Leahy has always taken these responsibilities seriously.
Senator Leahy has heard from countless concerned Vermonters about President Trump’s actions and nominations. From a blanket ban on entire nationalities facing horrific violence and devastation – fomenting fear, confusion and needless disruptions in the lives of countless families -- to the Cabinet nominations of Senator Sessions and Betsy DeVos, among others, Senator Leahy shares these concerns with many Vermonters.
Here you can find news about the administration’s actions, and Senator Leahy’s responses and actions. If you have an opinion about these or other issues as the new administration goes forward, please feel free to contact Senator Leahy