Andre Carson: “As a member of the House Intelligence Committee, I am proud of the bipartisanship that allowed us to put this bill…”

“As a member of the House Intelligence Committee, I am proud of the bipartisanship that allowed us to put this bill together. Our committee, which normally operates quietly, has gotten more attention than normal this year as we conduct the critical business of investigating Russian intervention in our elections. But we still do our day job--overseeing intelligence programs and providing support to the men and women of our intelligence community who fight to keep our country safe. This bill is the culmination of this cooperation. Our country is facing a wide array of pervasive and complex threats. Our near-peer adversaries, Russia and China, are rapidly growing their military capabilities and regularly, unashamedly violating international law. A nuclear weapons stockpile and functioning ICBM program now sit in the hands of an unpredictable North Korean dictator. And the so-called caliphate started by ISIS is losing ground, only to increase homegrown attacks against the United States and its allies. My constituents, like all Americans, are rightly concerned. But they can feel confident that we are working with the intelligence community on ways to address them. As the Ranking Member of the Emerging Threats Subcommittee, I am particularly interested in supporting our intelligence professionals who assess and prevent terrorist threats to our homeland--while protecting the civil rights and liberties of innocent Americans.…”