Jerry Nadler: “there are no abuses we know of because they are all secret and they cannot tell us about abuses. Mr. Chairman, I yield…”

The warrantless arrest of any legal permanent resident seemingly solely over their speech is a chilling, McCarthyesque action in response to the exercise of First Amendment rights to free speech.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 208, nays 196, not voting 28, as follows: [Roll No. 489]…

FISA section 702 can be a powerful tool against foreign threats, but without significant guardrails against abuse, it is also a massive threat to the privacy and civil liberties of all Americans. That is why I must oppose this legislation…

We in Congress have an important job as a co-equal branch of the government.