I yield myself 10 seconds. May I bring to the attention of the chairman of the Judiciary Committee that section 505 of the PATRIOT Act expanded the use of national security letters, so to say they are not in the bill would not be accurate. Madam Speaker, I yield 1\3/4\ minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Eshoo).
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