Patrick Leahy
US senators demand full White House investigation into shooting of Palestinian American journalist
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen speaks to The World’s host Marco Werman about a renewed call by himself and other Senate Democrats for a full inquiry into the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh earlier this year.
Will the Violence Against Women Act Pass the Senate?
In the midst of the fiscal cliff negotiations over the new year, Congress allowed the Violence Against Women Act to expire. Originally passed in 1994, the act has provided $4.7 billion to train police, prosecutors, physicians, and many others on how to handle cases concerning domestic and sexual violence, as well as stalking and related issues. Senator Patrick […]
The Mercury Report
The Environmental Protection Agency has just completed one of the most comprehensive reports ever done on the sources of mercury and its effects on human health and wildlife. It says that about 80,000 pregnant women and half a million children are getting too much mercury mostly from canned tuna. The Mercury report which Congress requested […]
Breaking the “Circle of Poison”
Steve talks with Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, sponsor of a bill to ban the export of pesticides which are made in the US but illegal to use here. Leahy, who chairs the Senate agriculture committee, says many of these pesticides harm overseas workers and their residues can remain on food imported to the […]