Political Quotes

“The Senator hits on a great point, and let me state it this way. Would any Member of the Intelligence Committee be on the floor battling to keep this program, if, in fact, in our oversight capacity, we had looked at a program that was absolutely worthless? Would we expend any capital to do that? The answer is, no, we wouldn't. We are down here battling on the floor, those of us either on the committee or who have been on the committee since 9/11, because we have seen the impact of this program. We know what it has enabled us to do and we know what happens when we get a trove of technology in our hands that gives us the ability to see whether it was tied to somebody--whether we knew about them or we didn't. The fact is, when you have groups such as ISIL today, that are saying on social media: Don't come to Syria, stay in the United States, stay in Europe, go buy a gun, here are 100 law enforcement officers, here are 100 military folks, that is how you can carry out the jihad, it makes the use of the tool we are talking about even more important because no longer do we get to look at no-fly lists, no longer do we get to look at individuals who have traveled or who intend to travel to Syria. It is individuals who grew up in neighborhoods that we never worried about.…”