Political Quotes

“Briefly, this is actually pretty narrowly tailored even though it is written in the way it is. It is tough to talk about in this setting. The information is available to all the Members and has been now for 5 or 6 days. It is actually narrowly tailored to a very specific problem that was identified by the court. Basically the FISA Court of Review said that if there is an unintended gap in coverage revealed by their interpretation, you have to go to Congress to fix it. That is what this tries to do. It is important. As I said, that information has been available to Members in the appropriate setting for the last few days. I hope we can defeat this amendment. It is actually a 21st-century solution to a unique problem in an era in which telecommunications is rapidly evolving, and so are our adversaries. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.”