Political Quotes

“As I said, as we deal with this bill, 18 days is a long time, yet the leadership of this House still has done nothing to appoint conferees on the Senate bill to modernize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which passed the Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support and is supported by a majority of the House. The Democratic leadership continues to block this bill, even though a number of responsible Democrats support it and the bill will pass if brought to the floor. It was 18 days ago, it was 3 weeks ago that it was brought to the floor to have a 3-week extension, on top of a 2-week extension, on top of a 6-month extension. It is time to move this bill forward and to again give our intelligence community the tools that they need, the enhanced tools that many recognized after 9/11 that the intelligence community needed to keep America safe. It is time to bring up the Senate-passed FISA bill. In the 18 days since the expiration of the Protect America Act, we have already seen multiple examples where our country's ability to follow up on potential threats has been significantly impaired.”