Political Quotes

“Now they want to expand it. This is the second amendment in a row where they are going to expand FISA. We can't have a warrant for the existing program, this giant haystack of information. You can't have a warrant when you go search American citizens there, but now they want to expand it and tell us you still can't have a warrant. Holy cow. Pretty soon, this is going to be everybody gets searched for any darned reason they want. That is not how it works in America, at least it is not how it is supposed to work. The third amendment is going to expand it, too. We spent all morning talking about the warrant requirement, which should be so obvious, and they want to expand it. Mr. Chair, I understand we have a border problem. Holy cow, do we understand that. I may not agree with my Democratic colleagues on how to fix it. In fact, I know I don't, but expanding FISA, you have to be kidding me. This amendment authorizes surveillance of a whole new category of individuals. We should absolutely vet foreigners who seek to enter the United States, whether legally or illegally, but Congress should not expand FISA or section 702 beyond its current scope of authority. This whole year, we have been focusing our committee on limiting FISA and reining it in so that we still can do what we needs to be done: look after bad guys and look at bad guys but not infringe on Americans' liberties. This just expands it. That is not what the purpose of this bill is.…”