Sheldon Whitehouse: “I ask them to let me know when that new approach will begin because I am, frankly, not seeing much of it in the Foreign…”

“I ask them to let me know when that new approach will begin because I am, frankly, not seeing much of it in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act procedures we are going through on the floor. I confess, I am a new Member of this body, and I do not understand why. We heard Senator Dodd, the very distinguished Senator from Connecticut, who has served in this body for 27 years, describe how important this Chamber is and that it is the right of Senators to debate matters, not for the sake of ventilating themselves but toward actually getting a vote on a real amendment on a matter of real significance. We had one vote on a committee amendment. Not one Senator has achieved getting a vote, and we are on a very short timeframe.”