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On the recordMay 20, 2015
Thank you. I think the American public is ready to end bulk collection. I think there is a bipartisan, across-the-aisle approach that people want to end bulk collection. The time is now. We cannot keep extending this. I think probably the biggest deal is that the PATRIOT Act does not even justify this. This is a program that needs to end because even those who read the PATRIOT Act, even those who love the PATRIOT ACT, acknowledge that the PATRIOT Act does not even give permission for this. This is something we are doing that there is no permission for. It has to end. I think the American people will be very disappointed in us as a body if it does not end. This is the time to do it. I agree with the Senator. We are going to do everything we can to stop it. I see the Senator from Utah. Does the Senator from Utah have a question?
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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