David Schweikert: “I will try to make this very quick because I know there is a point of order. This was one of those moments where there…”

“I will try to make this very quick because I know there is a point of order. This was one of those moments where there was a concern about new adopted technology. We have all heard the stories of some of these, shall we call them, dummy cell sites that are basically used to capture the phone calls because they produce the largest, most powerful signal. Now, some of this technology that has been being used at the Federal Government level is being transferred to State and local law enforcement. The amendment is meant to be very simple and just says for the Federal Government to design, for Justice to design, protocols that the constitutional rights are being protected, that if a local law enforcement is going to use this capture technology, that they better darn well be following the Constitution, and before that technology is transferred, that there is an understanding, mechanics of that being laid out. We tried to make the amendment as simple and clear-cut as possible. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time. Point of Order”