I'm drafting an amendment which would replace section 213 of Senator Roberts' bill with a provision to give the FBI the criminal administrative subpoena authority it requested, with two limitations.

For this reason, continued Congressional oversight will remain critically important.

Let me be clear--if this provision is passed into law, all of our discussion about Section 215 will be rendered superfluous.

I support the legislation's language to add protections to Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act.

The idea of replacing the most controversial authority in the PATRIOT Act with one that doesn't even contain prior approval is not responsible lawmaking.

I thank you for holding this open hearing to discuss the Committee's draft legislation to reauthorize and amend the PATRIOT Act

It seems to me that asking for an AUSA to sign off takes us back to the world where the answer to terrorism was criminal prosecution.

It is my hope that this will allow Justice and FBI employees to spend more time conducting intelligence investigations than passing papers through the bureaucracy.

This is a very broad power. When used directly, the individual would know about it. In this case, they would have no recourse to court.

I have found that the implementation has been reasonable in scope and tailored to the needs of our intelligence and law enforcement communities.

Thanks very much, Mr. Chairman.

If you were to change it, how would you change it?

Congress should modify section 6001 to provide a presumption that an individual who is involved in international terrorism is acting for a foreign power.

Thanks for being on top of it. I appreciate it.

The thrust of the bill was that no private property owner be displaced, no eminent domain.

Will you commit to allowing the return of the previous water facilities under this temporary grazing permit?

I want you to know that I share the chairman's concerns about the rural and community fire funding.

I believe that the Park Service should make every effort to allow the existing ranchers who wish to do so to continue to ranch within the confines of the bill's language.