Political Quotes

“So if that really is the concern--that is the concern I am hearing from some colleagues. A number of colleagues on both sides of the political aisle have been telling me--I have been talking about the need to vote on amendments. What a number of them are saying is: We can't do this because if we do it, it is going to expire, and if it expires even momentarily, it is going to be Armageddon; dogs and cats living together in the streets; stuff right out of the Book of Revelations; absolute chaos and pandemonium. So if that is the case, let's get it done now, but it is not the case. FISA 702 collection is not going to end. And these same companies that objected in 2008 and lost when the law was much less in the government's favor than it is now will remember what happened, and all they have to do is read. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to read the language passed in 2018 and again in December of 2023 to make clear that that collection may and indeed will continue. So in the spirit of moving this forward and getting it done tonight, I ask unanimous consent that the motion to proceed to H.R. 7888 be agreed to. I ask further that the following amendments be the only amendments in order: Lee No. 1840, Paul No. 1829, Marshall No. 1834, Wyden No. 1820, Hirono No. 1831, Merkley No. 1822, Paul No. 1828, Durbin amendment No. 1832, and Paul amendment No. 1833; further, that the Senate vote on the above amendments in the order listed, with the Paul amendments Nos.…”