Political Quotes

“I would like to explain briefly the reasons I think we should vote against that reauthorization. There are two primary reasons. First has to do with the additional provision that was passed neither by the House nor by the Senate but was dropped into the conference report without Republican involvement; that is, the provision that Senator Feinstein authored that would substitute for the authority that agencies of the United States currently have--agencies such as the Central Intelligence Agency--to interrogate foreign terrorists. It would substitute for the current rules under which they operate the U.S. Army Field Manual. The U.S. Army Field Manual is a document that is prepared for use for all of our military Armed Forces, to provide rules of the road for them in interrogating enemy prisoners of war. So when they capture someone on the battlefield, in order to ensure that the Geneva Conventions are adhered to, there is a set of guidelines set out in the Army Field Manual that very explicitly explain to our soldiers exactly how they need to treat these prisoners and what kind of interrogation in which they can engage.”