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Tony Gonzales
@tonygonzales· Republican · TX· Apr 15, 2024

There needs to be more of that and I think it needs to be more public.

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Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Apr 12, 2024

I have yielded a minute to the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Himes). The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia controls the time.

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Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Apr 12, 2024

I have the time. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Texas may not reyield time.

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Chip Roy
@chiproy· Republican · TX· Apr 12, 2024

I thank the gentleman from North Carolina for yielding. I will just note that I certainly appreciate the intent of my friend and colleague from Texas. Obviously, we want to go after cartels, and we want to make sure we can stop the flow of…

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Chip Roy
@chiproy· Republican · TX· Apr 12, 2024

Pretty much the entirety of the debate that has been done here has been focused on the warrant requirement, right. The reason that we have this particular amendment before us right now is simply to just be able have more reporting and more…

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Chip Roy
@chiproy· Republican · TX· Apr 12, 2024

To be clear, this amendment is about reporting requirements. However, on the point of the warrant, after the rampant abuses by the Federal Government, it is clear that we should have a warrant requirement under 702 to protect Americans…

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Chip Roy
@chiproy· Republican · TX· Apr 12, 2024

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 23, insert after line 17 the following: (d) Member Access to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance…

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Chip Roy
@chiproy· Republican · TX· Apr 12, 2024

The amendment that I have put forward here requires the FBI to report to Congress on a quarterly basis rather than an annual basis the number of U.S. person queries conducted. We simply want to have more information. We simply want to have…

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Dan Crenshaw
@dancrenshaw· Republican · TX· Apr 12, 2024

To those opposed to the underlying bill, I understand. We are going to have to agree to disagree, but I cannot imagine being opposed to this amendment, even if you vote against the overall bill. I thought we all agreed that the cartels are…

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Michael Burgess
@michaelburgess· Republican · TX· Apr 12, 2024

I thank the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Massie), my friend, for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I do rise today in support of the rule and the underlying legislation. It is a new day in the House of Representatives, and I intend to make…

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Keith Self
@keithself· Republican · TX· Apr 12, 2024

It appears that the House of Representatives is experiencing a constitutional crisis of conscience. We are actually debating if a warrant should be required for government intelligence agencies to spy on Americans. Frankly, I am stunned…

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Al Green
@algreen· Democratic · TX· Apr 12, 2024

We have statisticized, I have tried to humanize, and forgive me for not enunciating some of these words, the verbiage, properly, but my heart was speaking today so my head sometimes gets distorted. We have humanized this baby. We have…

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Al Green
@algreen· Democratic · TX· Apr 12, 2024

And still I rise. I rise proud to be an American, proud to have the opportunity to stand here in the Congress of the United States of America and address issues of importance to the world. I am proud to say that as an American, I salute…

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Michael Burgess
@michaelburgess· Republican · TX· Apr 12, 2024

I thank the gentleman for yielding additional time. However, one-sided pressure by the White House is not the way to ensure that end. Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of this rule from our committee, and I urge passage of the underlying…

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Dan Crenshaw
@dancrenshaw· Republican · TX· Apr 12, 2024

I want to let my fellow Americans know something that might shock them. We all know that fentanyl is a scourge on our country. We all know that fentanyl is produced by the Mexican drug cartels. We all know that the precursor chemicals for…

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Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Apr 12, 2024

I thank the gentleman very much. I am delighted to be able to work with the gentleman from Virginia on what I think is crucial to codify, because as you said, the FBI had stopped doing it, but here we are again. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute…

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Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Apr 12, 2024

It is unbelievable that we would go after innocent Americans and Members of Congress in the random searching and fishing of information that may not be relevant. In the past, ``abouts'' collection focused on collecting communications that…

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Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Apr 12, 2024

I thank the distinguished ranking member of the Judiciary Committee and the chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Even in this time of 2024, we need this legislation to protect now one of the most revered civil rights leaders, Dr. Martin…

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