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Dear Friends, thank you for following my official Twitter page over these years. I have enjoyed using new channels of communication to keep in touch with Vermonters. Now that I am leaving the Senate, this account will no longer be active. Best wishes always. –Patrick and Marcelle

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This is huge — solidarity and support for

coming from the US Senate’s most senior member (President Pro Tempore)! Thank you so much

for drawing attention to the deterioration of freedom of press in India.

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Freedom of the press is under attack around the world. Rana Ayyub and other brave journalists who risk their lives to report on abuses of power and other matters of public interest need our protection and support. leahy.senate.gov/press/statemen

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Wonderful & memorable

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Amazing to see

give the legendary David Carle a shout out in their morning news letter. David is an institution, a mentor, and a friend. Thanks to

and

for giving the well earned praise.

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Mary Louise Kelly

At the Capitol today with ⁦

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⁩. Exit interview with ⁦

⁩, the longest-serving member of Congress. He steps down Jan. 3, having served since 1975.

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Leahy Statement On Final Passage of the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill leahy.senate.gov/press/statemen

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Champlain Housing Trust

Thank you, @senatorleahy! We're so thankful for your efforts and wish you and Marcelle all the best in the New Year and next chapter. twitter.com/CraigCaplan/st…

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Above all he is a model of principled, humble visionary leadership. In his farewell speech he left us with a challenge to strengthen our gov't and"rebuild a Senate defined not by sounds bites but by a believe in the strength of women and men and history." Thank you

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Freedom of the press is under attack around the world. Rana Ayyub and other brave journalists who risk their lives to report on abuses of power and other matters of public interest need our protection and support. leahy.senate.gov/press/statemen

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American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed six months ago and there has still been no credible, independent investigation or accountability. Impartial investigators should examine all the evidence, wherever it leads. leahy.senate.gov/press/statemen

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Today CIVIC continues her legacy around the globe. My RECORD statement HERE: leahy.senate.gov/press/statemen

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2023 is the 20th anniversary of the Center for Victims in Conflict, created by Marla Ruzicka whose passionate advocacy forced us to acknowledge and help innocent victims of US military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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"I brought a lot of bills to the floor. This is the last one."-retiring Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT) ahead of the Senate final vote on the $1.7T omnibus spending package, funding the federal government through September 30, 2023.

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News Editors: BREAKING -- SENATE PASSES Omnibus Appropriations Bill w/ More Than $212M. Included By Leahy For 38 Projects Across VT. Passage Vote Was His Final Vote As A Senator From Vermont -- leahy.senate.gov/press/as-leahy

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Well said. We’re working around the clock right now to approve $42B in #Appropriations that Ukrainians need to survive and to secure their freedom.

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Watching Ukrainian President @ZelenskyyUa make a plea for help here in the US with @POTUS and speaking to congress, I’m struck by a lot of feelings. So a couple of posts here that might sound serious and without humor but this situation is…

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A privilege to attend Pres. Zelensky's address to a Joint Mtg. of Congress. We are working around the clock to pass more than $42B in #Appropriations aid to Ukraine to support their fight to preserve their democracy.

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Replying to @CenDemTech and @SenatorLeahy

.@SenatorLeahy was a founding co-chair of the Congressional Internet Caucus in 1996 in the aftermath of the CDA's Exon Amendment, which he had fought against on First Amendment grounds. He also was instrumental in CALEA and FOIA in addition to the above.

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Honduran President Castro has started the process of establishing an independent commission against corruption and impunity. A memorandum of understanding is a positive step, but a signed Convenio will be necessary to make the CICIH a reality. leahy.senate.gov/press/statemen

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: Delegation Hails Long-Sought Locality Pay Recommendation For Fed. Workers In SE Vermont leahy.senate.gov/press/vermont-

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Thank you Alex

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Senator Alex Padilla

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I had the unique privilege of presiding over the Senate as my colleague and friend @SenatorLeahy delivered his farewell address. It has been an honor to work with you, Senator, and I wish you and your family all the best as you embark on this new chapter.

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@SenatorLeahy so happy for you, Marcelle, your kids and your amazing team today. Truly an honor to work for you, Senator.

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Farewell Address Of Senator Patrick Leahy leahy.senate.gov/press/farewell

Farewell Address Of Senator Patrick Leahy

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I will deliver my Farewell Address on the Senate Floor at 11:15 this morning. You can watch live on C-SPAN2.

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BREAKING: Chairman

(D-Vt.) Releases Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill

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Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Releases Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill

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Responsible Battery Coalition

The RBC and our partners at

thank

for his long-standing & passionate support for global lead pollution prevention! Read our full letter in the

and the

on our website.

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Pure Earth and RBC Thank Senator Patrick Leahy (VT)

We would like to publicly thank Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy for his long-standing and passionate support for global lead pollution prevention in low- and middle-income countries.

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For

and Tim Rieser, getting help directly to Vietnamese citizens whose disabilities and birth defects might be the result of dioxin exposure during the American invasion was a top priority.

newrepublic.com

For Patrick Leahy, The Vietnam War Is Finally Ending

For 33 years, the retiring Vermont senator and a top aide have quietly but doggedly been working to bind the many wounds of a war that touched the lives of nearly every Vietnamese family. This is...

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I commend Sec. of Energy Granholm for vacating the AEC’s flawed 1954 decision to revoke Robt Oppenheimer’s security clearance. He was a loyal American who was subjected to a gross miscarriage of justice, and this action was long overdue. leahy.senate.gov/press/leahy-re

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As PPT, the bills for signing are stacking up. Glad that one of these was my Patents for Humanity Act, cosponsored by

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, sending it to

's desk. Our pgm is a prime example of IP's role in addressing the global challenges we face today.

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Today, I joined as a cosponsor of

’s Assault Weapons Ban. We must do better for America’s children, and I urge the Senate to take this legislation up immediately.

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Today, Marcelle and I remember the tragic events at Sandy Hook Elem. in Newtown. We grieve with the families and whole nation for the 26 precious lives taken ten years ago. Nothing can replace them.

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I consider December 14th, 2012 the single darkest day of my presidency. The news from Sandy Hook Elementary was devastating, a visceral blow, and like so many others, I felt not just sorrow but anger at a world that could allow such things to happen.

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"Passing an omnibus agreement now would mean that we get more than 1,500 more police officers on the streets and provide law enforcement with new and needed resources now – not months from now if at all." -

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"This week the Senate will pass the NDAA to much bipartisan praise. I would remind my colleagues that the NDAA is blank check, & without an omnibus approps bill it is a broken promise: $76 B for national defense will be left on the Republican cutting room floor."

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"Vice Chairman Shelby, Chair DeLauro and I continue to trade offers and negotiate an omnibus spending bill, and we believe that we are close to a bipartisan, bicameral agreement." -

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"Chairman Leahy certainly knows how to wield a gavel...This photo taken in 2015 when then-chairman Leahy presented me engraved gavel as I prepared to take helm of Judiciary Committee. By size of this gavel I'm awful glad

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Senator Jon Tester

My friend

is leaving some mighty big shoes to fill, but I know

is up to the task. I look forward to working together on behalf of hardworking folks from the Green Mountain State to the Mountain West.

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says Congress will have "failed the country" if omni dies. "Certainly defense will be much, much lower. Nondefense will be much, much lower. Education will be much, much lower. Everything that everybody says they're for will be much, much lower without an omnibus."

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