We all want to be safe. We all want to catch criminals. That is not the issue.
I don't believe that subsequent events have proven that there have been any abuses of the Act to date.
In the 2006 USA Patriot Act Reauthorization, we required, and I helped write this, the Attorney General to adopt procedu...
Also the bill I introduced with Senators Cardin and Kaufman include new audits on Section 215 orders for tangible things...
I introduced a bill with Senators Cardin and Kaufman that aims to strike the kind of balance the administration urges.
They are unequivocal about the administration's position that we are still at war with Al Queda and that these provision...
Given the misuse of the NSL authority that was seen in the Inspector General's 2007 report, I thought it was time to tak...
It is only fair and common sense and reasonable that we have at our disposal abilities that have existed for decades to ...
I also know the President's and the Attorney General's emphasis on accountability and checks and balances and their will...
The issue though is each one of us is our own privacy.
I would think as technology advances and more and more personal information is available, isn't it reasonable to require...
I worked to ensure that the USA Patriot Act included oversight.
I do believe that this committee after 9/11 fulfilled its responsibility by carefully scrutinizing every single word in ...
I press hard to shine a light on the misuse, there has been a misuse to the State Secret privilege.
I want to build a hearing to let policymakers in Congress and the Federal agencies hear directly from the farmers.
I don't think there's anything to be ashamed about that.
When I became Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee I was sitting in a room for a day, having the whole Federal o...
The Vermont Milk Commission, and I mentioned you being a member of that, and Secretary Allbee running it, has the Commis...
