Political Quotes

“in the nick of time, bipartisanship has prevailed here in the Senate. We are reauthorizing FISA right before it expires at midnight--20 minutes before midnight, as the time is now. This bill now goes to the President's desk. All day long, we persisted and persisted and persisted in trying to reach a breakthrough. In the end, we have succeeded, and we are getting FISA done. Democrats and Republicans came together and did the right thing for our country's safety. It wasn't easy. People had many different views. But we all know one thing: Letting FISA expire would be dangerous. It is an important part of our national security to stop acts of terror, drug trafficking, and violent extremism. Thank you to all of my Senate colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their good work in getting this done. Order of Business Now, for the information of the Senate, after this vote, we will have no further votes this evening. We are working on an agreement for consideration of the supplemental. Without an agreement, we will vote on laying down the supplemental as soon as we receive it from the House tomorrow. But we are working on the agreement now. Mark Warner has done a great job here as chairman of the Intelligence Committee, and I yield to him for 30 seconds.”