Political Quotes

“I am, of course, disappointed that the Democrats cannot support this in its present form. The bill that we worked on last year, by the way, never made it to the House floor, and this one did. {time} 1430 The time is now to act. The time is now to help families find abducted children, parents suffering from dementia who are carrying the device and need help saving their lives. This is very narrowly written. As my colleague from Kansas (Mr. Yoder) said: Read the bill. We have. It is very narrowly written. Location, emergency only, life and death. You dialed 911 seeking help. States still have the ability to talk about all these other provisions they may want. We do not preclude that. We honor the right of States, local legislatures to come and add restrictions if they want to do that for post-action reporting, subpoenas, whatever they want to do. But in the meantime, can't we just save lives? Can't we just pass something that gives certainty to the telecommunications providers that when they get that law enforcement call, they have to provide that data of simply the location when everybody agrees that somebody's life is in the balance? I urge my colleagues to support this bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Walden) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 4889, as amended.…”