Political Quotes

“For years now the NSA has been collecting phone and online communications from everyday Americans from all across the country, defying the rights and liberties granted to us under the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. The 2008 FISA amendments, specifically section 702, has led to massive government-led exploitation of personal privacy through the collection of American citizens' emails. We need serious reforms that balance the protections of our civil liberties and rights through our Constitution and also keep the American people safe. The NSA recently announced that they would stop collecting our emails and electronic communications under section 702, but what is to say it wouldn't start up again? That is why I am introducing legislation today to keep our country from backtracking on this progress. My bill will permanently codify this policy change and ban this privacy-evading collection from taking place again. I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this legislation and defending our civil liberties. ____________________”