Political Quotes

“I reluctantly rise in nonsupport of this provision to extend expiring provisions of the Patriot Act because of section 215 of the Patriot Act, which I'd like to call to your attention. This is the act that allows a secret FISA court to authorize our government to collect business records or anything else, requiring that a person or business produce virtually any type record. We don't think that that was right then. We don't think it's right now. And I feel obligated to oppose any extension of these expiring acts since we've had no hearings, no markup, no committee vote, nobody's done anything about it. They're saying, well, ex-chairman, just support this, and we'll get to it afterward. Well, I can't go along with that. This provision is contrary to traditional notions of search and seizure which require the government to show reasonable suspicion or probable cause before undertaking an investigation that infringes upon a person's privacy. And so I urge a ``no'' vote on the extension of these expiring provisions. I reserve the balance of my time.”