I thank you for holding this open hearing to discuss the Committee's draft legislation to reauthorize and amend the PATRIOT Act
I support the legislation's language to add protections to Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act.
I'm drafting an amendment which would replace section 213 of Senator Roberts' bill with a provision to give the FBI the criminal administrat...
The idea of replacing the most controversial authority in the PATRIOT Act with one that doesn't even contain prior approval is not responsib...
Let me be clear--if this provision is passed into law, all of our discussion about Section 215 will be rendered superfluous.
For this reason, continued Congressional oversight will remain critically important.
It is my hope that this will allow Justice and FBI employees to spend more time conducting intelligence investigations than passing papers t...
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.
Thanks for being on top of it. I appreciate it.