Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator from Montana, and I think that is further evidence that there is bipartisan support for the Constitution. The PATRIOT Act went too far. We have heard from both Senators from Montana, from opposite parties, who both wanted to defend the individual, wanted to defend the Bill of Rights, and think that we have let the government go too far. I think the American people agree with this as well. I think without question--this is one of those things that are kind of perplexing, if you think about it. If you ask most Americans, if you do a poll or a survey or ask most Americans ``Should the government be allowed to look at your phone records without any suspicion that you have committed a crime?'' I think there are a very low number who think that. But then when you get to Washington, it is almost the opposite. You have people in Washington who have, I think, viewpoints that are really out of step with what the American people want. I think the American people really have decided that the bulk collection of records is wrong, that it is unconstitutional. The second highest court in the land has said it is illegal. Yet, you still have a significant body of people in this country saying: Not only keep doing it, let's do more of it. The problem is that if we are going to allow records to be collected without individualized suspicion, what we are doing is allowing something, when we talk about bulk collection, that has no sort of determinants for what suspicion is.…”