Political Quotes

“I am standing here in favor of this rule. This is an important rule that allows to come to this House floor the reauthorization of FISA and 56 significant reforms to this bill to curb what have been just devastating abuses by the intelligence community and by the FBI. These reforms are essential to make certain that we can protect our most important national security tool, at the same time protecting American citizens and their civil liberties. I am in favor of this rule. I ask all my fellow Members to support the rule, and I specifically thank Chip Roy for his support for the rule as it came out of the Rules Committee. I appreciate him standing here today as we try to bring this rule to passage.”