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To me, this isn't how legislation should be written, and it adds to distrust.

I feel very strongly that sources and methods have got to be secret and that has got to be a sacrosanct principle in the Intelligence Community.

I think in a democracy it's important that our laws be transparent and public to the maximum extent possible.

Current FISA law prohibits the Intelligence Community from collecting GPS information on Americans overseas without a warrant.

I deeply appreciate the leadership of my friend from Florida, and his personal experience adds particular impact to his leadership on this. Another tireless champion for rational cannabis reform is Congresswoman Barbara Lee, with whom I…

I seek the time in opposition to the amendment, although I am not opposed to it. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Oregon is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

It's hugely irresponsible for us to just say we can try to fix the insurance market, and fail to address the underlying causes

Is it responsible for Congress to say we're going to ignore the enormous damage that climate change is doing across our country through fires, through smoke, through ice storms, through flash floods, through hurricanes, and we'll just…

I just held a group of town halls, nine town halls in Eastern Oregon, and the town hall for town hall, people came forward to say hey, I came to say I got a problem.

I think in a democracy it's important that our laws be transparent and public to the maximum extent possible.

I feel very strongly that sources and methods have got to be secret and that has got to be a sacrosanct principle in the Intelligence Community.

This is going to be an ongoing kind of process between, you know, sources and methods--got to be secret--and public law.

I think the laws have got to be public, and that means basically someone ought to be able to sit in a coffee shop somewhere and read a public law because that's what our system depends on.

Is there any reason why that protection should not be extended to Americans in the United States?

This isn't how legislation should be written, and it adds to distrust.

Current FISA law prohibits the Intelligence Community from collecting GPS information on Americans overseas without a warrant.

I absolutely think the public has a strong interest.

Just very briefly, having participated in these debates--this specific discussion now, on several occasions-- again, my friend and I just have a difference of opinion. Senator Cornyn and Senator Padilla have repeatedly talked about this…