Political Quotes

“this is the natural product of the American people being asked again and again to simply accept that this is how things will operate. The American people are told to just settle--to settle for budgets that don't balance or come anywhere close to it; to settle for a government that spies on you, that lies to you, that overreaches, and a legislative branch that is somehow all too content and seemingly eager and willing to allow and perpetuate and even expand those authorities. This is unacceptable. We shouldn't settle. We shouldn't settle for an overreaching government. We should expect a government that respects the letter and spirit of the Fourth Amendment. We shouldn't settle for a Senate in which the rights of individual Senators--a bipartisan group of Senators that has been trying for years to just have a vote on a few reasonable amendments--would be shut out. We should expect an open, robust debate, discussion, and amendment process. Don't settle for any of this. You should expect more. We should all expect freedom. We should all expect debate and liberty and the protection of your fundamental rights as American citizens. So we will try this again, rolling the number down to an absolute bare minimum number of three amendments. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of the Senate bill at the desk providing for a 45-day extension of FISA.…”