On the recordNovember 8, 2023
Where I think Leader Hoyer is correct is that this effort would be incomplete in the absence of major reforms to FISA and the other authorities that are abused, no matter who the people are. The people have changed and the corruption has remained the same at the FBI. Under Republican and Democrat leadership, we have seen consistent abuses of Americans' civil liberties. To take tax money away from our fellow Americans, who are the victims at times of these abuses, and then build a new center for the FBI seems deeply unwise to me. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer) for the purposes of a colloquy.
