Before yielding to my good friend, I just want to underscore what the gentlewoman from Washington just described. The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, created by the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, says that our amendment is consistent with what should happen. Our amendment is consistent with the majority recommendation of that board. This was a board specifically created to protect Americans' liberties, looking at how the intelligence community operates by the 9/ 11 Commission Act of 2007. The majority of that board said this amendment is what needs to happen. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Van Drew), a member of our committee.
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