On the recordApril 22, 2015
I thank Chairman Nunes and Ranking Member Schiff once again for their support in helping to keep our communities safer, but I still want to thank my Republican colleagues for supporting this amendment, and I thank them for their friendship. As a new member of the committee, Madam Chair, I have greatly appreciated the guidance--bipartisan guidance, if you will. Every Member of this House, Madam Chair, has heard from constituents who are concerned about government surveillance and overreach. After everything we have heard about bulk collection over the last few years, the American people are right to be concerned about new authorities to collect data. As the text plainly and repeatedly states, this is not a surveillance bill. We have protections in place to ensure that the intelligence community cannot collect and utilize your personal data. This amendment simply ensures that Congress and the public get to see this sharing process and see how it works if these protections happen to fail. I urge support for this amendment and the underlying bill. I yield back the balance of my time, Madam Chair. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Carson). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Mulvaney The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 4 printed in part A of House Report 114-88.
