Janice Schakowsky: “This FISA legislation is proof that we can protect the American people, keep our country and our families safe without…”

“This FISA legislation is proof that we can protect the American people, keep our country and our families safe without violating American's civil liberties. The Republicans have posed a false choice, tried to convince us, the American people, that the only way to protect this country from terrorists is to sacrifice our civil liberties, particularly when it comes to this administration perhaps illegally telling the telecommunications companies to share our private communications with them. The Republicans want to wave a wand, grant amnesty to the phone companies, retroactive immunity to turn over information about their customers, not only letting the companies off the hook, but protecting the administration from judicial scrutiny about its warrantless surveillance programs. This program, this legislation that we have introduced, is a fair way to resolve this conflict issue.”