I join the gentleman in urging Members to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler) that the House suspend the…

recent reports suggest that during the Trump administration, the Department of Justice used criminal investigations as a pretext to spy on president Trump`s perceived political enemies.

Like many Americans, I desperately want to see Attorney General Merrick Garland succeed in his goal of repairing the damage done by his predecessors and return a sense of normal to the Justice Department.

the Justice Department now under Merrick Garland needs to address the reports of Trump DOJ targeting journalists and members of Congress quickly or else.

My concern at this hour is that the corruption may run deeper than has already been reported.

An investigation by his office is, however, no substitute for swift action by the Department of Justice. The Department has a very short window to make a clean break from the Trump era on this matter. We expect the Department to provide a…

it’s outrageous that the department of justice may have used a criminal investigation as pretext to spy on journalists, members of congress, their families, and congressional staff.

We expect the department to provide a full accounting of these cases. And we expect Attorney General Merrick Garland to hold the relevant personnel accountable for their conduct.

Why are you using the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to spy on Americans, Director?

That attack is very much still with us, Director Wray. The threat is ongoing, and we need your help to do the work of reckoning with it.

There's a right way and a wrong way in this country to do it under the First Amendment.

Americans should not lose sleep over the FISA application process.