Political Quotes

“This morning as we did the rules debate, I asked some questions of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, and they said we will cover that during general debate tonight. So the questions I have that I hope will be answered is in the manager's amendment that was presented this morning and was voted on in the self-enacting rule talks about illegal aliens. The questions I have: Would it allow surveillance against possible illegal aliens for law enforcement purposes? Would it allow foreign intelligence surveillance to be conducted against transnational smuggling rings? Would it allow surveillance to determine whether someone is an alien not permitted to be in or remain in the United States? Would the amendment exempt undocumented aliens from the physical search requirements of FISA? Exactly how far does this amendment go? What is it intended to do? These were the questions that I asked this morning that I hope will be answered tonight.”