Nancy Boyda: “I just had to come down to the floor and speak on this. No one, there isn't anybody who disagrees that we ought to be…”

“I just had to come down to the floor and speak on this. No one, there isn't anybody who disagrees that we ought to be wiretapping the terrorists. No one disagrees with that. Democrats, Republicans, everyone wants to keep this country safe. Let's make something real clear about what's at stake here. What's at stake is whether we wiretap Americans. That's what we're talking about. The bill that we proposed that we have here, it can be summarized in one thing: wiretap first, get permission later. Go out and be aggressive. As a matter of fact, you can spy on Americans. You can do anything. You can spy, you can go out there and keep our country safe. But when it comes to spying on Americans, that's the difference here. We believe that you need a warrant to do that, even after the fact of 6 or 7 days later to go back and tell the court what you've done. I, for one, do not, and am not able to stand here and say, as the other side says, that the terrorists have already won; we need to give up our basic constitutional right. I don't believe that the terrorists have won, and I find it extremely discouraging.”