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On the recordAugust 3, 2007
I would urge him to know that with staff, the distinguished Chair of the Intelligence Committee and many other Members, and Ms. Harman from her Chair on Homeland Security, and countless others in the minority as well, have worked day and night with the administration to produce a bipartisan, bicameral proposal. Mr. Rogers just said last night no other negotiations were going on. Last night the DNI asked us to make three changes, three, to our proposal. We made all three changes. They are in this bill. But the administration still rejected our proposal, and they gave us a moving target. We gave the administration what it told us it needed to protect America. They still said no.
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Alcee Hastings
Florida

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Addressing ongoing negotiations regarding a bipartisan intelligence proposal.

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