Richard Burr: “reserving the right to object, I want to thank my colleague. He has shown more interest in this bill today than he has…”

“reserving the right to object, I want to thank my colleague. He has shown more interest in this bill today than he has ever in the history of tools that keep us safe. I remember Paul Harvey on the radio. He always came on and said: ``Now, for the rest of the story.'' Senator Lee has never supported this bill, never supported giving any of these authorities to law enforcement. And let me explain what they are--roving wiretap and lone wolf. Lone wolf is that individual out there who pops up, whom we can find, who is not tied to an international terrorist group but is homegrown. On wiretapping, we are going to take roving wiretaps away from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and we are going to take it away for terrorism. But since 1960, they have had roving wiretaps for organized crime--think about that--and then business records and their access to business records to find those clues that we need to keep America safe. Senator Lee talked about us holding hostage. No, we are not holding anybody hostage. He is holding the bill hostage to get amendments, some of which shouldn't even be considered under the reauthorization of section 215. They are FISA reforms being taken up by the Senate Judiciary Committee. That bill that came over from the House--the one supported by Pelosi, Schiff, and Nadler--is actually a bipartisan bill that 63 percent of the Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have supported. It is Leader McCarthy.…”