Political Quotes

“The purpose of this amendment is a technical correction. Often this is done simply in the Rules Committee. For some reason, they chose not to do it. The bill itself states that existing Federal laws are the exclusive means by which the government obtains location information of U.S. persons or persons inside the United States, their web browsing history, internet search history, or any other data that would require a court order. The list is complete except for section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. That needs to be added. That is all this amendment does is simply cover comprehensively the list of authorities, including section 702 as a covered authority. The bill isn't really complete without covering that. I think last week the body spoke that they want to continue to have the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. This bill would say it also covers everything, including what just passed last week. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.”