Political Quotes

“I rise today to share some important new developments about the surveillance practices of this administration, which are vital to this debate. Today, I want to start by warning my colleagues: Any Senator who votes to reauthorize this law without real reform will be directly responsible when the Trump team abuses their spying powers to go after Americans. I want the Senate to know the alarm bells are loud and getting louder. Senators know the surveillance law known as section 702 of FISA expires on Monday. I have been on the Intelligence Committee since the law was written. It is undeniably a useful tool that American intelligence agencies rely on to collect information about foreigners outside the country. The problem is that 702 lacks adequate safeguards to protect Americans whose emails and texts or other communications can get swept up in this surveillance. Reformers argue that 702 should only be reauthorized with stronger protections--protections for constitutional rights--and that is particularly true when there are blaring alarms warning of abuses, some of which Congress has yet to be told about.”