Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I appreciate the care, attention, and detail shown by my friend and colleague, the distinguished senior Senator from North Carolina. I do disagree with him for 10 independent reasons. No. 1, as to the suggestion that the proponents of the unanimous consent request now before this body--that is, the very simple, clean reauthorization of the expiring provisions for 45 days, giving the Senate an opportunity to spend just a few weeks to debate and consider these amendments after dealing with the coronavirus crisis--he suggested that I, as the proponent of this measure, have--I think the words were--never supported any of these tools, never in my entire time in the Senate lifted a finger to support these tools. That is curious because I was the author and lead sponsor of the USA FREEDOM Act, which, in 2015, extended and reauthorized these very same provisions. So his first argument is factually incorrect. No. 2, he points to the lone wolf and roving wiretap provisions as things that he is concerned about. I understand that they want those. Now, lone wolf isn't used, but it is sort of a security blanket. People like knowing that it is there within the government, and I am willing to let that go. Roving wiretaps are used from time to time. I am willing to let that go.…”