Tom Tancredo: “today we will be taking up the PATRIOT Act, the extension thereof, and it is important that we do so. It is important…”

“today we will be taking up the PATRIOT Act, the extension thereof, and it is important that we do so. It is important for the security of the country. It is ironic in a way that, as we address this issue and as we debate whether or not we need this kind of internal security mechanism in order to make Americans feel better about themselves and in fact provide that security, there is some irony if the fact that the perimeters, our borders, are as porous as they are and as undefended as they are. Tomorrow we will take up a bill that will hopefully begin to close those gaps also and begin to defend that perimeter, for without it having a PATRIOT Act is like putting a very expensive apparatus in your home to determine whether or not you have an invader inside the house while you are leaving your front and back doors wide open. That is the problem we have. Hopefully, it will be solved tomorrow with the bill we have before us, the Sensenbrenner bill, to begin the process of securing our border and securing our future. ____________________”